Wauquiez announces to LR deputies that he will not participate in the government after having refused Bercy

Laurent Wauquiez is not one of the three members of the Republicans who are expected to join the Barnier government: this Thursday evening, the president of the Republican Right group in the Assembly announced to LR deputies that he would not participate in the future government, after having refused Bercy, according to an AFP source. “Michel Barnier offered me Bercy and so I declined to stay at the head of the group (LDR in the National Assembly) »declared the deputy of Haute-Loire.

“From the beginning, I said that entering government was not my obsession”declared Thursday evening the former president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region who considered himself “only useful to the Ministry of the Interior”The leader of the Republican Right group told Le Figaro that his party will have nine “posts” in the next team, including three full-time players. If Laurent Wauquiez calls his camp to “help Michel (Barnier) in his difficult mission”he deplores the “strong pressure from Macron, particularly on immigration and the end of life”.

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According to The FigaroPrime Minister Michel Barnier, who is currently at the Élysée Palace to present his government to Emmanuel Macron, is said to have proposed several LR personalities to form his team. Among the names mentioned, Bruno Retailleau for the Ministry of the Interior, Annie Genevard as Minister of Agriculture and François-Noel Buffet for the Ministry of Overseas Territories.