Despite former French presidents, including Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande as well as current Prime Minister Elizabeth Borne, attending the demonstration on Sunday, President Emmanuel Macron refrained from joining.

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/11/13/petty-politics-french-far-left-boycott-bipartisan-paris-protest-against-antisemitism/

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, pictured in a Paris court in December last year, has faced a string of legal woes since leaving office in 2012.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230511-france-s-sarkozy-risks-new-trial-over-alleged-libya-campaign-financing

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the Paris Court of Appeals in Paris, France, May 17, 2023.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/world/frances-sarkozy-loses-corruption-appeal-challenge-highest-court-8614435/

Nicolas Sarkozy invited Bernard Arnault to be his best man when he made model Carla Bruni his third wife at the Elysee Palace in 2008.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11685419/BATTLE-SUCCESSION-work-worlds-richest-mans-empire.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Previous French guests for the event have included all of Macron’s immediate predecessors as France’s president: François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/22/french-president-emmanuel-macron-will-be-the-guest-of-honor-at-indias-republic-day-celebrations/

Successive former presidents such as Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy have attempted sweeping reforms, but have either failed outright or have had to curtail their ambitions.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/macron-government-unveils-unpopular-pension-reform/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication