The disgraced former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is plotting to launch his campaign to return to power on the backs of the families of same-sex couples.
Nicolas Sarkozy loves the family so much he’s created three of them. Now, the twice-divorced and thrice-married former President wants to rule France again.
Despite being charged this summer with “active corruption” and “misuse of influence,” the right-wing politician is launching an attempt to return to power.
Sarkozy lost in 2012 to Socialist François Hollande by more than 1.1 million votes (3.2 percent).
In a 45-minute prime-time TV interview, Sarkozy, The Guardian reports, “became animated at the end of the interview when asked about the Socialist government’s so-called ‘marriage for all’ legislation that legalised same-sex unions and brought hundreds of thousands of mostly rightwing, traditional, Catholic protesters on to the streets of France.”
Sarkozy admitted that while he would not repeal the law, he “detested” the way it was introduced by Hollande’s Socialist government, and accused the Socialists of “humiliating families and humiliating people who love the family”.
Meanwhile, Carla Bruni, Sarkozy’s wife, supports same-sex marriage.
Â
Image via Flickr