“I would not have made the same choices”, reacts François-Xavier Bellamy

François-Xavier Bellamy, vice-president of the Republicans, was the guest of franceinfo evening, Tuesday December 17, 2024, regrets that the debates are focused around this choice of the new Prime Minister to have gone to Pau.

“It would be undignified to play political controversy on such a serious subject, let’s just say that I would not have made the same choices”replies François-Xavier Bellamy, vice-president of the Republicans. Political guest of franceinfo evening, Tuesday December 17, he was questioned about the much criticized trip to Pau of the new Prime Minister François Bayrou, in the middle of the post-cyclone crisis in Mayotte.

What is happening in Mayotte “is a national tragedy”affirms François-Xavier Bellamy. “These are fellow French citizens who are today affected by one of the greatest natural disasters this country has ever known”. “Would we be so distant if this event had occurred in Deux-Sèvres or in the Alpes-Maritimes? I find that we are not experiencing this drama with the intensity represented by the seriousness of this event, of these lives destroyed or threatened”he adds.

“The most important thing is not to create controversies, it is towards action that we must direct all our efforts.”

François-Xavier Bellamy

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“What matters to me is how we can ensure that we are all united in action to support Mayotte, the Mahorais, the French who are affected today”insists the MEP.

Regarding the constitution of a new government by the Prime Minister, François-Xavier Bellamy is waiting “to see more clearly the political line that will be taken”. “There is no majority, we did not win the legislative elections. We approach this moment with great humility and a sense of responsibility. In the next two years, we cannot resign ourselves to until the country comes to a standstill.”concludes the elected official.

In particular, he expects from this government measures to combat “illegal immigration” and hopes for the retention of Annie Genevard in Agriculture and Bruno Retailleau in the Interior: “That will mean that he will stay to act, it will be a collective choice”.