Sarkozy announces new bid for French presidency

August 23, 2016 00:07

Former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy launched a fresh bid today to win back the presidency, announcing he would seek the nomination of his centre-right party to run in next year's election.

The pugnacious 61-year-old conservative, who was deeply unpopular by the end of his five years as president, had made no secret of his ambition to reconquer the top office.

"I have decided to be a candidate in the 2017 presidential election," Sarkozy, who was voted out of office in 2012, wrote in the foreword to a new book "Tout pour la France" (All for France) due out later this week.

His aides told AFP he would be stepping down today as the leader of the Republicans party to focus on his campaign.

"This book is the starting point," Sarkozy tweeted, together with a link to the foreword.

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