At Les Républicains, Laurent Wauquiez needs to “reset everything” to exist higher | EUROtoday

“Come, we’ll take the time to talk together. I need your ideas. » After singing – a cappella – The Marseillaise, Laurent Wauquiez appeals to the people of the right, Thursday November 28 in Talant, in the suburbs of Dijon. The one who still aspires to access the Elysée in 2027 continues his tour of the Côte-d’Or “refoundation” began three weeks earlier. Since the official departure of its contested former president, Eric Ciotti, in October, the Les Républicains (LR) get together, in extended vitality saving, has been with out a president.

On October 15, the LR political workplace postponed the selection till later, however entrusted Mr. Wauquiez with this mission, which appeared like an enormous challenge. “The principle is to overhaul everything and start from a new basis: review the statutes, the ideological corpus, invest in new areas, and this goes as far as changing the name”signifies to World the chief of the Republican Right group within the National Assembly.

For his detractors, the deputy for Haute-Loire doesn’t “never just a round of meals” and others earlier than him have already promised to vary the whole lot. “We have been talking about rebuilding with the same recipes for twenty years without ever wanting to do it”estimates Aurélien Pradié, former quantity two within the get together and deputy for Lot, not registered. While a member of the workplace believes that Laurent Wauquiez seeks above all to make sure that nobody apart from him emerges on the head of the get together.

The latter prefers to salute the gorgeous participatory democracy. “On Monday, I had very interesting discussions in Hauts-de-Seine with young people about our social media policy and how to use artificial intelligence”he enthuses. A gaggle of round twenty elected officers was concerned within the reflection and is because of meet on December 3. Member of Parliament for Val-de-Marne, Vincent Jeanbrun is collaborating on this work. “When Gabriel Attal fights for the presidency of Renaissance with Elisabeth Borne, it is above all a question of ego. With Laurent Wauquiez, we first do this essential work of reflection on our political line”he assures.

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But is mission price election? For the second, Laurent Wauquiez is saying nothing about his intentions to take over the presidency of a renamed get together. The Ciotti episode would have inoculated him in opposition to the concept of ​​the “good friend” to maintain his place heat. “I perform rather a lot on friendship, even when, typically, we’re betrayed. I should have a latest instance.” quips the person concerned in front of the 250 people who came to listen to him on Thursday.

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