DECRYPTION – While the Élysée Palace is talking about a “demanding coexistence” with the new Prime Minister from LR, the Renaissance deputies are oscillating between the desire to participate in a coalition and the expression of “red lines”. They are due to meet him for the first time on Tuesday.
Michel Barnier may claim to have fifty years of political experience under his belt, but many of Emmanuel Macron’s supporters still do not know how to position themselves in relation to him. To tell you the truth, I didn’t know him. “, admitted the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, on Europe 1 on Monday, who met him for the first time on Saturday.
Is this authentic man of the right now the leader of a parliamentary majority under construction, which would include his party, Les Républicains (LR), and the Macronist bloc? As soon as he took office, he presented himself as a figure of dialogue and expressed his ” respect for all political parties ». « Formally, he is the leader of the majority, but it is not yet known whether we will be in a central position or a little off-center. “, sums up a Renaissance MP. The new situation, inherited from their failure in the early legislative elections, forces the Macronists…
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