Louis Sarkozy’s candidacy for Menton’s municipal elections is becoming clearer

Towards the end of chin suspense. Louis Sarkozy seems to be launched in the municipal campaign, a revelation on the deposit made by the deposit in the Alpes-Maritimes Prefecture of an association for the financing of the electoral campaign of the list led by Louis Sarkozy for the municipal elections of March 2026 in Menton. “

This statement, dating from August 11 and saw by Le Parisien in the official magazine of August 19, indirectly formalizes his candidacy. According to our colleagues’ information, Louis Sarkozy intends to start his campaign in the first days of September.

Towards a candidacy for them?

The essayist and son of the President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, the 28 -year -old Old had never declared himself a candidate before, but his recent record in the electoral lists of Menton had questioned his political intentions. “Winning a choice is very complicated,” he said last May in BFMTV.

It remains to be seen under which Louis Sarkozy label will embark on this new political challenge. In July, he talked about having “excellent relations with the party” Les Républicins. “There are conversations between them and me in the case of a political future in Menton,” he added.

The city is currently a LR fortress, under the auspices of Yves Juhel since 2021. However, the current mayor has experienced turbulence: it is directed by several current judicial cases, the most important is that of the ports of Menton where the councilor is accused of having diverted public funds.

The current municipal council is also very fractured, after nine elected officials of the majority left Yves Juhel in June to create a separate group. For its part, Louis Sarkozy has already been separated from the local chosen official.

“The city is full of 1,000 cases and 1,000 rivalries that prevent it from moving forward,” he launched at the beginning of summer. “This city needs renewal.”

And to add: “I do not recognize in any declared candidate. I am neither for Juhel nor for anyone. I am free in everything. I must be separated from any clan.”