Would Sarkozy be back? Not Nicolas, but his son, Louis. At 27, he is an essayist, regularly appears on certain television sets, and could follow in his father's footsteps. On the evening of Saturday December 14, he gathered support in a bar in the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
There were 150 young people from the Les Républicains partyfar from the 600 announced by the organization certainly, to meet Louis Sarkozy. When the latter climbed onto the stage, some activists intoned: “Sarko, Sarko, Sarko!”
Martine has been part of the right-wing family for more than thirty years, attending in the front row many of her father's meetings. “I can tell you that we miss him (Nicolas Sarkozy). (Louis) will perhaps not have the same temperament, we will see. I think he's going to punch his fist too. He is an intelligent person, educated about politics. Now we need young people,” she explained on RTL in this Parisian pub.
A book being written
She wasn't the only support of the evening. Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, or David Lisnard, mayor of Cannes, had prepared messages remotely addressed to Louis Sarkozy. However, the main person concerned is not officially entering politics, but is preparing a book on Napoleon.
Some people in the room still see him trying to run for mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine or for the position of party president. He directly addressed the young activists: “This is your position on the spectrum, between the worthless left and the disappointing right. You have an identity, you have a story, you have a position and you have ideas so, I beg you, stop complaining, take your place, draw your platform, choose a leader and move forward!”
Young people can see themselves making it their new darling. Emmanuelle Brisson, one of the LR leaders, even launched a movement, “Vivement tomorrow”, which could serve as a propulsion machine. “I think he is courageous, he has panache, he really breaks the mold, he is indicative of a generation that is not afraid to say things. We would like him to enter politics. He's a political animal, it would do good for the right. He also has his father’s heritage,” she explains. If he denies any ambition for the moment, Louis Sarkozy has two similar meetings planned for the start of the school year, in Marseille and Nice. He already has a name, he still needs to make a name for himself in politics.
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