Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Gauthier Delomez 06:17, April 14, 2022

President-candidate Emmanuel Macron and ex-head of state Nicolas Sarkozy met two weeks ago at the Élysée to call for overcoming divisions.

If the outgoing president denies any political agreement, the two men would have mentioned a rapprochement between the Republicans and the current majority after the presidential election.

Emmanuel Macron and Nicolas Sarkozy have an agreement for the post-presidential period?

The question arises, as the two men have each called for overcoming divisions, and are considering the creation of a major political movement that would integrate some of the Republicans in favor of a union.

Nicolas Sarkozy has also indicated that he would vote for the outgoing president in the second round of the presidential election.

However, Emmanuel Macron denies any agreement with the former head of state.

The two men saw each other two weeks ago at the Élysée, at the invitation of the current president, to discuss a rapprochement between LR and the current majority.

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Sarkozy would have negotiated a group of 50 LR deputies

If the candidate Macron denies any agreement, some elected officials on the right claim that Nicolas Sarkozy would have negotiated a group of 50 deputies.

In other words, 50 constituencies rather favorable to LR and in which La République en Marche would not present a candidate.

Claims that those close to Nicolas Sarkozy reject, while conceding that the former president invites his political family to "think about working together, for the good of France, on certain reforms".

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This caused a stir among several Republican executives.

An anger that Nicolas Sarkozy hears.

"He agrees to make decisions that are not necessarily in line with the base, and he has always defended openness," we claim from the former head of state.

However, the idea of ​​a coalition is firmly rejected by Emmanuel Macron.

The president-candidate certainly intends to widen his majority, but only with elected volunteers, and without being imposed the slightest constraint by one of his predecessors.