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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Medef Summer School in Paris, August 29, 2019. ERIC PIERMONT / AFP

Medef's guest of honor at the opening of his traditional summer school, the former president spoke about Brexit, Europe or ecology. What continue to fuel the rumors of a possible return to politics? This would certainly please the right-wing voters, who flock to each of the dedications of his book Passions, but much less to his party The Republicans.

" I do not do politics anymore. He repeats it at each of his dedications , at each of his interventions . Politics is over.

" I do not do politics in the sense that I have no electoral ambition, says Nicolas Sarkozy . I do not have political will. For me, it's a past. A past that I liked but it's a past. "

Yet for an hour, the former president makes the show. Brexit ? A monumental mistake. Immigration? We are going towards a demographic shock. Russia ? " Yes, I am for the lifting of the sanctions. "

Or again ecology: Nicolas Sarkozy takes a stand without munching his words. Nicolas Hulot or even Greta Thunberg, the green muse of young people , takes for his rank. " This young Swede, so friendly, so smiling, so original, " he said condescendingly

" No need for new disappointed hopes "

If he defends himself, Nicolas Sarkozy will have talked a lot about politics. An omnipresence that begins to annoy seriously within the Republicans.
" Frankly, we do not need new hopes disappointed, especially when we are on the edge of the chasm, " said a member of the management who is preparing for the return of the party this weekend.