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President-candidate Emmanuel Macron has received support from Nicolas Sarkozy. The candidate LREM welcomes it, but denies having made an agreement with the former head of state. A way not to offend the left electorate who could vote for him.
His statement was eagerly awaited. After having announced it on Tuesday April 12, Nicolas Sarkozy justified, on Wednesday April 13 in Paris Matchhis support for Emmanuel Macron for the second round of the presidential election. “Without ambiguity or reservation, I choose Emmanuel Macron“, thus declared the former President of the Republic. This support isthere really good news for the outgoing president? On the morning of April 13, on France 2, Emmanuel Macron was not overflowing with enthusiasm: if he welcomed the support of Nicolas Sarkozy, he also wanted to recall the support given to him by the former figure on the left Lionel Jospin.
Emmanuel Macron is indeed aware that the largest vote reserves for re-election are among the 11 million voters who voted left in the first round. “There is still this risk that this rallying of Nicolas Sarkozy accredits the idea that Emmanuel Macron is someone on the right“, analyzes Stéphane Zumsteegdirector of the Opinion department of the Ipsos institute.