"I do not do politics anymore": this is the kind of "punchline" that Nicolas Sarkozy delivered this Thursday morning at the racecourse of Longchamp. Guest of the Medef Summer School, the former President of the Republic gave himself to a real show. Questioned by bosses, on stage, he of course delivered his analysis of the state of the world, but mostly played with the public.
"I'm not left, I've never been left, even young," he joked, under the laughter of the crowd. And Nicolas Sarkozy to tell his new life in the business, as the first time he was faced with a trade unionist at Accor, where he sits on the board.
Greta Thunberg "this young so nice, so smiling"
The former head of state has also won some arrows in the direction of environmentalists, such as the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. "This young Swede, so friendly, so smiling, so original in her thinking," he quipped, again in the laughter.
Addressing the Brexit, Nicolas Sarkozy, was sorry about the effect of the referendum, and took the opportunity to tackle an old opponent, the socialist Ségolène Royal, which he even pretended to forget the name. "It allows me to clarify things on the kind ... what's her name?" Ségolène Royal, I said in the debate we had in the second round of the 2007 election that if I was elected, I will not hold a referendum, she said, with the broad open-mindedness of hers, that she would do it. " Again, guaranteed success with his audience.
For the patrons sitting on the steps of the racecourse applauded and asked for more. This is what behind the scenes, some call the "Sarko show". And in the end, the only political personality that Nicolas Sarkozy has openly said good is President Emmanuel Macron.