Primary to UMP: Nicolas Sarkozy, a candidate not so expected it – 20minutes.fr

Primary to UMP: Nicolas Sarkozy, a candidate not so expected it – 20minutes.fr

Politics – His candidacy for the UMP is rejected by 70% of French but desired by two thirds supporters, according to a poll released on Saturday …

A few weeks the deadline to formalize his candidacy, the return policy beaten by François Hollande in 2012 former president is far from unanimous. 71% of French people do not want the former head of state for President UMP, against 27% who expect this application (2% are undecided), according to an LH2 poll for * New Observer published Saturday.

Among the UMP, they are instead 66% to desire this application (33% do not want it). Among all the supporters of right, 49% want it stands against Bruno Le Maire and Hervé Mariton this election to be held in November.

Nicolas Sarkozy has until September

30 to declare his possible candidacy for the presidency of the party. His friend, Brice Hortefeux, had said on Wednesday that the former president would announce “in the coming days,” his decision to run or not the presidency of the UMP

* Survey conducted by telephone on 4 and Sept. 5 among a representative sample of 1,037 people (quota method.)

20 minutes with AFP