Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Laura Laplaud
On Tuesday, the members of the Republicans were gathered in a strategic committee at the headquarters, rue de Vaugirard, in the 15th arrondissement of the capital. A meeting in the form of a clarification with the center of criticism, a man, the deputy of Lot, Aurélien Pradié.
Two days after the vote of 19 Republican deputies in favor of the transpartisan motion of censure, what can be the future of the Republicans? Aurélien Pradié is accused of hitting his party more than the opposition. “You have to go to the end of his logic”, intimates the deputy Michèle Tabarot to him. “What is your project?” simply asks Eric Ciotti. Faced with party executives, Aurélien Pradié defends himself from any personal adventure. “I am in this family and no one will get me out of it”, proclaims the deputy of Lot.
Republicans Divided
Still, the future of the party is clearly posed. “What really unites us?” asks one participant. Two lines thus clash internally. First, the supporters of a definitive clarification, even if it means excluding dissidents. “It is better to separate if we cannot work together”, summarizes Gérard Larcher. When others want to believe that a common future is still possible. “The retirement has crystallized a lot of tensions”, analyzes an adviser, convinced that the next texts will be more unanimous.
All finally agree to better prepare the next bills and agree upstream on a common position. A finding that makes a strategist smile as much as he despairs for whom pension reform has been the common denominator of the right for years.