Alexandre Chauveau
During his speech to the news of France 2 and TF1, Emmanuel Macron urged Elisabeth Borne to widen the majority. A potential rapprochement with the majority divides on the side of the Republicans.
Emmanuel Macron confirmed it: Elisabeth Borne remains Prime Minister at Matignon but with an extremely complicated roadmap. The Prime Minister will have the task of enlarging the majority as much as she can. This outstretched hand to the opposition is mainly addressed to the right. At Les Républicains, the idea of a rapprochement with the executive is not unanimous.
Refusal for Eric Ciotti
Officially, for party executives, there is no question of responding to Emmanuel Macron’s call. Many, like Eric Ciotti, have the next presidential election in mind and refuse to be assimilated to the future balance sheet of the head of state. “We are not here to serve as a spare wheel for a power which is today at an impasse given its errors and its faults”, declared the head of the LR.
Éric Ciotti, whose ambitions for the next municipal elections in Nice are known, thus cultivates his opposition to macronism. However, the idea of working with the majority is no longer so taboo. “No one has demonstrated so far that independence pays,” analyzes an LR adviser.
“It’s com”
Former ministers Jean-François Copé and Rachida Dati are pleading for a government agreement, as are a dozen deputies. Nevertheless, the envy in front does not seem really reciprocated. “They must accept that the right co-leads the country,” says a strategist.
However, according to a deputy yet favorable to this union, the words of Emmanuel Macron ring hollow. “It’s com”, he stings. “There is no contact or desire to deal with us”, despairs this elected official who is nevertheless favorable to the policy of Emmanuel Macron.