EXCLUSIVE – The president is convinced that the campaign for the legislative elections, which is starting, will demonstrate that the RN is not ready to govern.
“I’m going there to win!” On the plane returning from Oradour-sur-Glane (Haute-Vienne), Monday afternoon, the president displayed his serenity and combativeness the day after his camp’s defeat in the European elections, but especially the day after his surprise decision to dissolve the National Assembly. Confident, Emmanuel Macron explains the two main reasons which motivated his choice to send the deputies back to the voters: the feeling of disorder caused by the debates in Parliament, particularly in recent weeks when the elected representatives of rebellious France brandished flags Palestinians in the middle of the hemicycle even though they knew it was forbidden, causing session suspensions, but also because despite attempts for two years to expand its majority, some of the opposition’s elected representatives did not want to play the game. Unable to find an agreement during the session to no longer depend on a fragile relative majority, he attempted a coup to force the deputies to provide greater clarity.
But it was above all the score of the National Rally on Sunday evening which decided it. Maturing this decision for several weeks, he took the plunge on Sunday afternoon
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