He gives his advice.
President Emmanuel Macron should turn to the right "in a more frank way", his predecessor Nicolas Sarkozy urged him this Sunday, suggesting that he conclude "a political agreement" to compensate for his lack of an absolute majority in the Assembly.
"It is not insulting anyone to recall that President Macron comes from the left", explains Nicolas Sarkoy in a river interview with the Journal du Dimanche: "I would sometimes like him to cross the Rubicon more frankly , because today France is mostly on the side of the party of authority, firmness and freedom.
Call it center right, center, right republican, whatever: the strategic axis of the country is clearly there.
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The former President of the Republic (2007-2012) and founder of the Republicans (LR) assumes in this interview his support for Emmanuel Macron in the presidential campaign, to the detriment of the candidate of his camp Valérie Pécresse: "And if it was to do it again, I would do it again.
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"He can sometimes be tempted to stop in the middle of the ford"
He pays homage to his successor, credited with “coolness, moderation and experience”.
“The president has undeniable intuitions and experience.
But I observe that he can sometimes be tempted to stop in the middle of the ford.
These are the disadvantages of 'at the same time'”, he explains.
Nicolas Sarkozy finally points out the limits of Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows a law to be passed in the Assembly without a vote, unless a vote of no confidence overthrows the government.
Emmanuel Macron, he underlines, “could also seek to make a political agreement in good and due form with all the good wills ready to constitute a majority in the best interests of the country.
We never deny ourselves when we make the choice of the general interest.
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