Institutions: Sarkozy and Macron’s plan to kill LR

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THE PALACE LETTER. The two presidents are counting on a constitutional reform to force Les Républicains to a “project majority”.

By Nathalie Schuck (with Mathilde Siraud)

” NOTNicolas Sarkozy was a little disillusioned since the start of the five-year term, but now he’s starting to believe it again! wriggles a devotee. In recent weeks, the former president and his young successor have resumed speaking to secretly prepare episode II of the blasting of the Republicans. Their grand design? Finally, secure the right to the macronie. The inglorious spectacle given by LR on the pension reform finally convinced them that there was indeed a way and, now, a means: the reform, still in the making, of the institutions. “This reform fascinates Sarkozy and puts gluttony on Macron’s lips,” slips a mutual friend. The two presidents are convinced of this: as technical as it is, the overhaul of institutions can become a weapon to constrain…