Guest of the morning of Europe 1, Wednesday, Christophe Castaner noted that no legal obstacle stood for the moment against a possible candidacy of Nicolas Sarkozy, however convicted of corruption, in the presidential election of 2022. "I think that his political situation does not allow him to stand for re-election, ”he said, however.
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"The law must apply to everyone," Christophe Castaner said on Wednesday.
"If he was not condemned to a ban on showing up [which is not the case at this stage,
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], he could do it, but I do not believe it for a second", added the president of the LREM group at the National Assembly on Europe 1.
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"He knows very well that he would not win"
"I think that his political situation does not allow him to represent himself and that he would only present himself if he was convinced of winning", develops Christophe Castaner.
However, according to the former Minister of the Interior, "he knows very well that he would not win".
"No one died in politics and it happened to me to be wrong in my political analyzes", tempers however the boss of the deputies of the majority.
"But I have also been right at times."
Refusing to comment on the conviction of the former President of the Republic, Christophe Castaner also defended his successor Place Beauvau, Gérald Darmanin, who supported Nicolas Sarkozy.
"He spoke on a personal and friendly basis," he said.
"It's his choice and it didn't surprise me because I know the bond between the two men."