“The advantage of this sequence is that we can do circos. » The little sentence, dropped bluntly by an RN deputy, sums up the atmosphere of the moment. A sort of suspended time, without rough edges. The parliamentarians are content to go to Paris to listen, without much expectation, to François Bayrou's general policy speech. Legislative work? On standby. Government action? Already condemned to failure by elected opposition officials. In the ranks of the National Rally, a climate of torpor reigns. And for good reason, the party with the flame has barely left tributes to Jean-Marie Le Pen, in a cozy atmosphere. Marine Le Pen, collected, imbued with a certain gravity, only broke her silence during an interview given to JDNews, focused on two subjects: her father and Mayotte.
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Now is not the time for politics, even if it is never far away. Marine Le Pen left it to her lieutenants to hold the line. Jean-Philippe Tanguy, deputy president of the RN group, takes the stage after François Bayrou's general policy speech. Unsurprisingly, he trashes the Bayrou government, accusing the executive of “lie about everything in Mayotte” and leaving the idea of possible censorship floating. The tension rises a notch after the exit of the Minister of Decentralization, François Rebsamen, who blurts out on BFMTV: “I respect the Insoumis. I respect all political forces except the National Rally. » A statement which offends the RN, in the midst of a period of mourning. The president of the party, Jordan Bardella, summons François Bayrou to call his minister to order. Sophie Primas, government spokesperson, tries to restore calm: “This is not the government’s position”she corrected at the end of the Council of Ministers, sending Rebsamen to the picket. A sequence which is reminiscent of that of last September, when Michel Barnier had to pick up his phone to reassure Marine Le Pen after an awkward statement from his Minister of the Economy, Antoine Armand.
A bad manner which revives the temptation of censorship among several RN executives and parliamentarians. Marine Le Pen's closest lieutenants timely remind us that despite the cordial relations between their leader and François Bayrou, the executive's reprieve depends only on their goodwill. A very real relegated threat, even if it was partly eclipsed by the break of the PS with LFI during the vote on the motion of censure. A split within the Nupes observed by the RN looks with caution. “We know Olivier Faure's PS well, he will return to the rebellious niche before the next elections”quips someone close to Marine Le Pen.
-The tension rises by a skull after the departure of François Rebsamen
Las. The highlight of the week for the RN was not played out in the Assembly, but under the vaults of Notre-Dame du Val-de-Grâce, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Thursday January 16, for the religious tribute to Jean-Marie Le Pen, the entire family gathered. The vast church was full, its 450 seats occupied, and the square quickly invaded by faithful who came to greet the « Menhirs ». Marine Le Pen did not speak during the ceremony before leaving the church in silence, thus completing the sequence of tributes to her father. A page is turning in the history of the party. There is no doubt that politics will quickly take its place again. RN deputies are preparing to battle over the budget, determined to impose their red lines. Marine Le Pen is preparing for a new test: the verdict in the trial of FN parliamentary assistants on March 31.
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