Emmanuel Macron insists that Nicolas Sarkozy's support is not linked to any conditions in the charm offensive on the left

The support of Nicolas Sarkozy for Emmanuel Macron before the second round of the presidential elections was reported that the conservative ex-president could "choose his next Prime Minister and 50 MPs".

The support of the right wing comes at a delicate time for Mr. Macron, who is involved in a highly plugged charm offensive to recover left-wing followers of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who finished third last Sunday and received almost 400,000 votes less than Marine, who achieved the runoff election on April 24th.

A survey by the KEA partners on Wednesday showed that Mr. Macron reached 53 percent, but there are still many undecided voters.

The 44-year-old, elected on a platform "Neither on the right nor left", was accused by rivals that he had left the left down, even though he had pumped billions in state aid during the Covid crisis and cushioned rising energy and petrol prices.

On Wednesday he insisted that Mr. Sarkozy, 67, which France led from 2007 to 2012, were not linked and his weight was behind him.

"There was no agreement," he told France 2 on Wednesday after he said that he felt "honored" to receive his "clear support".

But according to Le Monde, Mr. Sarkozy said to a high -ranking member of the Republican Party: "I have put Macron my conditions: I would like to choose the Prime Minister and a group of 50 MPs."

Despite two corruption evaluations, Mr. Sarkozy remains very influential among the right -wing voters. But his Republican party is on the verge of after her candidate Valérie Pécresse - which Mr. Sarkozy in particular did not want to support in particular - crashed with 4.7 percent, which means that most of the campaign expenditure, including 5 million euros of her own money, is not refunded.

his youngest move "poses the risk of chasing the Republicans into the air," wrote Le Canard Enchaîné on Wednesday.

Mr. Macron will mean that a new majority will need after the parliamentary elections in June, and political sources have said that Mr. Sarkozy's support could pave the way for an alliance between “Sarkozyist” and the president's LREM, which in some constituencies in favor of the right-wing players.

Mr. Sarkozy has already made it clear that he advised Mr. Macron to make the European Central Bank and ex-IMWF chief Christine Lagarde-the finance minister in the Sarkozy government-to make head of government after the parliamentary elections in June.

le monde said that "Sarko", as he is called, had told the "visitors" for months: "He tells me that he cannot be re -elected without us. He asked me for help."

However, there is a risk that the consent will deter left voters, who see it confirmation that Mr. Macron is just as right as Mr. Sarkozy. "You have to pay great attention to the rejection", which Sarkozy's backing on voters of the left is quoted against Libération.

Macron helpers insist that he also received support from the left as part of a “Republican front” against Ms. Le Pen, and refer to the support of two top-class socialists: ex-Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and former Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë.

The incumbent candidate traveled through France this week to recruit Mélenchon supporters, and offers sweet and potential scope or even a referendum about his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65 by 2031, as well as a suggestion that he could add to "Green Planning" in his program-a key proposal Mélenschons.

"The breaks we have in the country will require that I not only have to gain a majority, but also have to gather all those political forces behind me that do not fully share my views on all topics, but would be willing to work on some reforms," he said on Tuesday.

While a third of the Mélenchon voters Macron could choose, almost as many le Pen could choose and a third, according to a survey.

Mr. Mélenchon, 70, has asked that “not a single voice” to Ms. Le Pen, Mr. Macron has not strikingly supported and left 310,000 paid party members to debate this point. Your "advice" begins on Wednesday and ends on Saturday.

Ms. Le Pen - who consists of increasing living costs, consulting the population about "referendums" and determining the retirement age to 62 (and 60 for those who start working early) - puts them compatible with his voters, expressed her "astonishment" about the position of Mr. Mélenchon in view of how loudly he the French president in the past five years scourge.

Your RN party number two, Louis Aliot, said that Mélenchon's electorate was “mobilized against Macron” during the entire first round of campaigns. "Well, if these people are not suicidal, I don't see why they should switch to Macron massively."