Former president Nicolas Sarkozy expresses his support for conservative candidate Francois Fillon ahead of Sunday’s first round of the French presidential election.
Sarkozy says in a video posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts that Fillon “has the experience, the will, the project that will enable France to ensure a political change after the five disastrous years we have known.”
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to the media outside Paris on August 24, 2016. (AP/Michel Euler)
Sarkozy, who lost to Fillon in the conservative primary in November, is calling on voters to unite behind his former rival.
“I worked five years with Francois Fillon, he was my prime minister, I know we can trust him,” he said.
Latest polls suggest he is one of the four candidates who have a chance to be among the two top Sunday and advance to the runoff on May 7.
— AP
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