Patriotic `` duty '' may force former President Sarkozy back to politics , he tells a magazine . The French president has been in office for nearly five years and is still popular with the public. A poll says 56 % of his party supporters want him to be the candidate in 2017 .
Patriotic `` duty '' may force former President Sarkozy back to politics , he tells a magazine . He says he balks at picking up France `` where the Socialist Party will leave it '' A poll says 56 % of his party supporters want him to be the candidate in 2017 .