The comeback of Nicolas Sarkozy is officially and permanently dead. Earlier today Sarkozy Conceded Defeat as Fillon Causes Upset in Primary.
The political comeback of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ended abruptly on Sunday when he conceded he would not be reaching the run-off of the centre right primaries to fight the presidential campaign next year.
A late surge of support for François Fillon caused a major upset, as about 4m voters headed to the polls in the first step of a process expected to give France its next president.
A few hours after polling stations closed, the 62-year-old former prime minister, long the third man in the race, was leading in most polling stations, belying predictions that Alain Juppé, the former prime minister and until recently the favourite, would face Mr Sarkozy in a second round in seven days’ time.
Mr Fillon attracted 44 per cent of the votes in polling stations representing more than half the voters, according to the High Authority supervising the primary. Mr Juppé followed with 28 per cent of the votes. In those stations, Mr Sarkozy came third with 20.7 per cent.
Mr Fillon, a conservative Catholic who has developed a free-market platform and advocated a rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, said: “Everywhere the French told me of their desire for freedom, authority and respect. I spare a special thought for Nicolas Sarkozy who was president of France.”
On Sunday, he emphasised the need to prevent the resurgent far-right party National Front from reaching power in the presidential run-off next year.
Voters did not need to be party members or even sympathisers to take part in this groundbreaking centre-right primary. All registered voters were allowed to cast their ballot for one of the seven contenders provided they paid €2 and signed a charter stating they respected centre-right Republican values. Yet 15 per cent of those who intended to vote were leftwing sympathisers.
Surprise, Surprise
The EU nannycrats were undoubtedly hoping for the return of a Sarkozy-Merkel alliance but they can kiss that prospect goodbye.
“Today was a surprise, but next Sunday will be another surprise,” said Juppé.
Is he anticipating the possibility of coming in second place again?
Next Sunday
If Fillon beats Juppé in round two of the primaries, He will likely square off against National Front candidate Marine le Pen.
Le Pen vs. Fillon
Le Pen is anti-Euro and anti-EU. Both are pro-Russia to the dismay of the nannycrats.
I like that match-up. I am staunchly free-trade. If Fillon is true to his beliefs, he will not seek to punish the UK. Moreover, the EU loses something either way.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
Sauce for the goose: Hillary Clinton will NEVER be president of the United States.
Bon appetit!
Liberalism/ Globalism is DEAD! …. power to the people…. Merkel is dead woman walking
“Liberalism/ Globalism is DEAD!”
Don’t count on it. The next crash/downturn will be blamed on Brexit, Trump, and populism in general and considering the worldwide public ignorance of economics as shown by the popularity of Sanders and the popular vote for Clinton, they could easily make a comeback.
He must have been laughing when he found out that the US bombed the French Embassy because France refused to give the US the use of its air space for refueling missions to bomb Libya (circa 1987).
Wow, if Trump did that it would be front page critcism womanizng etc for weeks.
I would imagine that the French people don’t think too highly of France being involved in the Middle East mayhem and know Sarkosy as a war President. Now they have daily reminders with all those muslims hanging around the internet cafes planning the demise of the EU.
The malcontents who’ve caused this no longer have Mr. Sarkozy to kick around anymore. I hope they’re happy.
Sarkozy was a piece of crap who went one step too far to appease the American Deep State. “All political careers, unless they are cut off at some happy juncture, end in failure.” Enoch Powell
Sooooooo true from Powell.
The polls were wrong again. What a surprise!
Now the polls are claiming Le Pen could win.
Sacre bleu!
Si longtemps, POS.
“On Sunday, he emphasised the need to prevent the resurgent far-right party National Front from reaching power in the presidential run-off next year.”
Everything that even dares to mention national interests is labeled as far-right, it seems. I would welcome such a party in my own country with open arms.
Language will always be used to denigrate.
If it’s not liked give it a nasty label to stop the “decent people” from wanting to be associated with through fear of guilt.
Language used as a weapon.
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Fillon promised a referendum in France on the EU plans for burden sharing “refugees” and “asylum seekers” from Italy and Greece to France.
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Currently there is an agreed upon burden sharing of a total of 160,000 “asylum seekers” from Greece and Italy to all countries of EU but only small part of this has been completed because “asylum seekers” do not want to go to eastern europe because one gets 0 euros in welfare in there so everybody would like to go to those european countries which give 1000 euros a month and free apartment for life and family re-unification straight to welfare once the asylum has been accepted based on fairytales and lies without no need for any evidence. So one can win the lottery of free life with just a story.
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This burden sharing was “voluntary” but actually Angela Merkel blackmailed and threatened EU countries to accept it and cowardly politicians didn’t want to be called “racists” so every country accepted Merkels crazy demands which were actively supported by only Sweden (which invited people to come just like Germany and which has generous welfare like Germany) and Italy (which caused people to come because Renzi started to push people to the north even more than previous Italian administrations so when people heard one can get through 0 euro Italy to 1000 euro a month welfare europe of course much more came) and Greece (which caused most of the 2015 catastrophe because leftist-communist Alexis Tsipras promised to stop detention, free everybody and stop border control and let “asylum seekers” go where they wanted in his election campaign and followed through in early 2015 sending the message that millions of people will be let through Greece paying 0 euros to welfare europe paying 1000 euros a month and free apartment and family re-unification straight to welfare so millions came)
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If seeking asylum in Europe would mean staying in Italy and Greece and getting 0 euros absolutely NOBODY would come.
They are not coming to find peace and security because greece and italy have peace and security.
They are coming for 1000 euros a month, free apartment for life and family re-unification straight to welfare which one gets in estern europe and all that is given based on a story which can be full of lies and a total fairytale and it will be accepted because EU-directive forces processing quickly and even without proof of persecution the asylum seekers lies have to be accepted if bureaucrats can not prove the asylum seeker is lying becuse EASO modules are idiotic and the whole process is worse than Soviet Unions ineffective bureaucracy
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This 160,000 is just the start however and actually only under 10,000 have been transferred but the most idiotic countries have been France, Netherlands and Finland because they have transported people from Greece and Italy the fastest and thereby incentivized more people to come with these kind of messages reaching Libya and Turkey “I was flown to France/Netherlands/Finland from Italy/Greece and got straight to welfare and my story was accepted and I got asylum and now I have family re-unification coming in a few months, come quickly to Italy/Greece and register for asylum there and ask for EU asylum seeker replacement”
Eastern europe and Austria are taking none of these voluntary transfers and most countries have taken only few tens or few hundreds but France, Netherlands and Finland are completely under the thumb of Merkel and are worsening the situation and luring more people to europe by taking part in burden sharing fully and quickly.
The new plan of EU, liar-Juncker and Merkels crazy germany is to make burden sharing mandatory and create a mechanism where burden sharing is automatic once a country reaches 150% of the asylum seekers which EU commion has given as their magic number and this would mean Greece and Italy would reach 150% in a few months and after that EVERYONE coming would be automatically burden-shared around EU sending the message that by going to Greece and Italy everyone can get to welfare europe and get all the goodies.
This is total insanity and the EU commission is either full of totally incompetent people including all the bureaucrats or the plan is to destroy europe by luring tens of millions to come.
All the countries which caused 2015 capatastrophe namely Germany, Sweden (high acceptance, public invitation, generous welfare) and Greece and Italy (pushing everybody to welfare europe and when even more came then pushing people to welfare europe even more quickly) are supporting EU commissions total lunacy.
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NOBODY would come to europe if only thing one could get was 0 euros in Greece and Italy.
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Fillon will win against Juppe but hopefully Le Pen wins against Fillon in the actual presidential election and closes the borders with Italy and Greece completely and stops all EU-insanity like burden sharings which lure and invite more people to come.
When nothing but 0 euros a month is available to people who come to Greece and Italy and they are made to stay in Greece nd Italy nobody will come.
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If italy and Greece want to solve their issues with the current ones they need to vote out Renzi in Italy which caused the mess and Tsipras in Greece which caused the mess and start rejecting asylum applications if there is no proof of persecution and return them back home.
Boats should be turned back and escorted to Tunisia or some other peaceful country and NO applications should be accepted in Tunisia or elsewhere outside of Europe to come to europe as asylum seekers so millions will not start to go to Tunisia.
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EU is full of total incompetency and crazy hubris.
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