2024-12-16 18:21:00
The Republicans asked François Bayrou to “clarify his roadmap” and reiterated their “priority” to the “continuity of the sovereign”
After receiving the leaders of the National Rally (RN), the Ensemble pour la République and the Socialist Party (PS), Prime Minister François Bayrou received those of the Republicans (LR) at the beginning of the afternoon. Although none of them spoke at the end of the meeting, the head of the LR senators, Mathieu Darnaud, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that he had asked Bayrou “to clarify its roadmap” government, inviting it to integrate them “significantly” to his team if his project is right for them.
Received in Matignon with Laurent Wauquiez, head of the deputies of the Republican Right (DR), Darnaud explained that he had reminded the Prime Minister “priority” by LR, citing in particular “continuity on the Regalian”, «immigration» or even “the agricultural emergency”. “The programmatic aspect must prevail: it must quickly clarify its roadmap”he explained, stating that LR’s participation in the government will depend on “return which one [leur] it will be done”.
“If we had wanted to participate, we would have told him that we wanted our political family to be represented in a meaningful way”however, he warned. The right-wing leaders did not specifically mention the case of their representative at the Ministry of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau. “For us it was obvious given our desire for continuity on sovereign issues, and the Prime Minister understood this well”he also noted.
On the budget, which will have to be voted on at the beginning of 2025, “it’s up to [M. Bayrou] to specify his method, he has not done so at this stage”said the senator, who succeeded Retailleau at the helm of the LR group in the Senate, the main political force in the Luxembourg Palace. Regarding the introduction of proportional representation in legislative elections, Darnaud acknowledged that LR has done so “I have always been behind on this topic”but it’s right “we will discuss it, as always”inviting us to consider at the same time the question of returning to multiple mandates, “to forcefully reconnect parliamentarians to their territory”.
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