2023-08-30 13:21:41
“This is the first time that a president has invited the presidents of all the political forces”. Olivier Véran returned this Wednesday to “the major political initiative” promised by the Head of State, assuring that “all subjects will be on the table” with the party leaders. Incidentally, the government spokesperson indicated that the government will hold a “follow-up seminar” on September 6th.
“Next Wednesday, September 6, the President of the Republic wants a government seminar to be held, which will be devoted to the content of the exchanges, the proposals” resulting from the meeting of party leaders around the President. This seminar will make it possible to “address the issues on the merits but also from a methodological point of view”, he specified, at the end of the Council of Ministers.
A meeting in the early afternoon
Emmanuel Macron brings together the leaders of political parties this Wednesday in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, in an unprecedented summit and behind closed doors whose stated ambition is to find “ways” to get the country out of the blockages, beyond beyond political divisions, in the absence of an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
This “major political initiative” promised by the Head of State before the summer break aims to build “together” legislative texts and pave the way, “if necessary”, for referendums, according to the invitation letter. presidential.
The meeting between the president and the party leaders will begin at 3 p.m. No collaborator will be present and no device is provided for the press, who will only be able to film the comings and goings outside the meeting place.
The meeting will take place at the education house of the Legion of Honor in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), an emblematic school of republican “meritocracy” – it is reserved for descendants of decorated French orders – , located moreover in a city affected by the riots at the end of June, beginning of July.
A mistrust for the opposition
Participants are invited to two round tables on the international situation and institutional reforms, followed by a dinner around all the questions raised by the recent urban riots, school, authority, integration, inequalities, according to the Elysée.
All the leaders of the parties represented in Parliament accepted the invitation, but with immense mistrust on the side of the opposition, which suspects Emmanuel Macron of seeking above all to relaunch a five-year term still struggling.
The left-wing leaders gathered within Nupes – Manuel Bompard (LFI), Marine Tondelier (EELV), Olivier Faure (PS) and Fabien Roussel (PCF) – have also decided to boycott the dinner, before changing their minds, provided that the agape boils down to a work meeting.
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