Sarkozy: I had no choice but to return to politics as France lacks hope

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed that he “had had no choice” but to return to politics, stating that he had never seen such “despair” in France. In a 45-minute primetime television interview on TV station France 2, Sarkozy outlined his bid to lead the opposition UMP party and launched a scathing attack on Socialist President François Hollande. he said: “I don’t want my country to be condemned to the humiliating state of affairs that we have today or the perspective of total isolation” that he predicts will happen if France’s far-right National Front party continues its rise.

He is his own prosecutor.

Nicolas Sarkozy on current France President Francois Hollande

He added: “I’ve never seen such anger or such a lack of perspective in France. Staying on the sidelines as a spectator would be to abandon my country. Not only do I want (to come back), but I had no choice.” The former president described France as “one of the rare countries where there is a lack of hope. France is collapsing, people don’t believe in politics anymore, my political party (the opposition UMP) is divided like never before — so should I simply stay at home?”

Hollande has left a long list of lies behind him.

Nicolas Sarkozy

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