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Nicolas Sarkozy is invited to lunch this Tuesday noon at the questure of the National Assembly by fifteen Renaissance parliamentarians, members of the right wing of the majority. The former president pleads for a government agreement with the right and will be on conquered ground in a few hours.
He is a special guest received this Tuesday at the Palais Bourbon. Nicolas Sarkozy will indeed have lunch with about fifteen Renaissance parliamentarians, from the right wing of the majority. The former president will be on conquered ground in the midst of these deputies who share his observation: the country is leaning politically to the right. And in the absence of a formal agreement with LR, which the former head of state calls for, the executive must respond to the aspirations of the French, believe these parliamentarians.
The initiative comes at a time when Renaissance, torn by its left wing, is struggling to find an agreement with the Republicans on the immigration bill. So how do you work with LR? The question will be part of the discussions, according to former minister Eric Woerth, quaestor of the Assembly and at the initiative of the lunch.
“It’s interesting to have the opinion of President Sarkozy”
“I imagine that will be at the heart of our lunch, but there will be plenty of other subjects. On international issues, it is interesting to have President Sarkozy’s opinion, as on economic activity. President Sarkozy has time to think about all these subjects, he is now an actor in a framework other than the political framework. And then he is a friend, “he says. The analysis and experience of Nicolas Sarkozy, renowned for his outspokenness, will therefore be carefully considered by these deputies who, like him, want to tilt the majority to the right.
The former president has also reiterated this position with Emmanuel Macron, who received him at the beginning of the month at the Elysée.