{"id":1435017,"date":"2022-04-13T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435017"},"modified":"2022-04-13T10:01:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:01:07","slug":"establishment-en-marche-disgraced-ex-french-president-sarkozy-endorses-emmanuel-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/establishment-en-marche-disgraced-ex-french-president-sarkozy-endorses-emmanuel-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishment En Marche! Disgraced Ex-French President Sarkozy Endorses Emmanuel Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Festablishment-en-marche-disgraced-ex-french-president-sarkozy-endorses-emmanuel-macron%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1133956654-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become the latest establishment figure to back Emmanuel Macron in his re-election bid against populist Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkozy, who ruled the French Republic between 2007 and 2012 for the centre-right Les R\u00e9publicains (LR) party, said on Tuesday that President Macron \u201cis, as things stand, the only one in a position to act\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe importance of future decisions forces me to leave my reserve to clearly indicate what my vote will be. I will vote for Emmanuel Macron,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/elections\/presidentielle\/presidentielle-nicolas-sarkozy-annonce-qu-il-votera-pour-emmanuel-macron-au-second-tour_AV-202204120230.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining his decision, Sarkozy \u2014 who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-58729505\">convicted<\/a> of corruption, influence peddling, and campaign finance violations \u2014 said that he believes Macron has the \u201cnecessary experience\u201d to deal with the \u201cinternational crisis\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Sarkozy went on to praise the globalist president\u2019s economic record and for his \u201cclear and unambiguous\u201d commitment to the European project.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA new era is coming,\u201d Sarkozy declared, saying: \u201cIt will require profound changes. We will have to get out of partisan habits and reflexes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jjwExQhDLF\">pic.twitter.com\/jjwExQhDLF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nicolas Sarkozy (@NicolasSarkozy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NicolasSarkozy\/status\/1513788437387644929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sarkozy\u2019s decision to back the ex-Rothschild banker in his re-election bid had been rumoured for weeks, as he had failed to endorse his own party\u2019s candidate Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, who only managed to secure 4.8 per cent of the vote in the first round of the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Following her defeat, P\u00e9cresse, the establishment right candidate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/10\/candidate-for-establishment-right-french-republicans-urges-voters-to-back-macron-over-le-pen\/\">announced<\/a> that while she had \u201cstrong disagreements\u201d with Macron, she would also be throwing her support behind him \u201cin order to stop\u201d populist right-wing Marine Le Pen, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/11\/macron-and-le-pen-both-improve-vote-shares-in-first-round-presidential-decider-in-two-weeks\/\">won<\/a> 23.4 per cent of the vote in the first round compared to Macron\u2019s 27.6 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The second round of the presidential election will be held on Sunday, April 24th when Le Pen and Macron will face off in a head to head competition in a repeat of the 2017 election in which Macron came to power.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen took the top spots and will face off again in 13 days&#8217; time to decide the next French President. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVgRhTBDhC\">https:\/\/t.co\/MVgRhTBDhC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1513526987859673093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disgraced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has become the latest establishment figure to back Emmanuel Macron in his re-election bid against populist Marine Le Pen. 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