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7:40 a.m., June 17, 2023
The Republicans are holding their “states general” in Paris on Saturday to revive the right, still not ready for an alliance with the majority despite rumors of a reshuffle. Organized at the Cirque d’Hiver, this gathering should allow the party to define its ideological and political line as well as to turn the page on a long series of failures.
By launching its Estates General this Saturday at the Cirque d’Hiver in Paris, the Republicans intend to try to turn a page. After displaying a divisive image on the reform of party governance, pension reform or immigration, even if much remains to be done, the right-wing party wants to project itself into the future. Moreover, Olivier Marleix, the boss of the LR deputies says it: “it is the beginning of a new stage in our history, towards the presidential election of 2027”. The elected wants to believe that the party led by Eric Ciotti is now in working order.
Defining ideological and political
These states general, which will last six months, should allow the party to define its ideological and political line as well as to find ideas that speak to the French and to the popular categories. This, while also posing the diagnosis of past electoral failures without however deciding the question of the mode of appointment of the candidate in 2027. force in the government on the issue of immigration. The speeches of Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Elisabeth Borne who say they want to work with the right are countless.
However, the Republicans are still faced with the challenge of unity, while a reshuffle could soon take place by giving pride of place to the right. “It is neither on the agenda now, nor tomorrow”, concludes an executive, convinced that Les Républicains can embody a real alternative to Emmanuel Macron in 2027.