Laurent Wauquiez deplores the “unhappy” remarks of his rival for the presidency of the Republicans, Bruno Retailleau | EUROtoday

The boss of deputies Les Républicains (LR), Laurent Wauquiez, within the working for the president of the get together, deplored, Wednesday March 12, feedback “Unhappy” From his rival, Bruno Retailleau, in direction of him. The Minister of the Interior had answered a query within the morning to a query on Laurent Wauquiez’s phrases about France’s relations with Algeria by: “The dogs bark, the quiet caravan passes. »»

“I think it was an unhappy sentence and I’m sure he regrets it”the deputy of Haute-Loire told the press after a public meeting in front of nearly 250 people in Provins (Seine-et-Marne). “We are not adversaries. There must not be an attack, no sentences with words that can be hurtful ”underlined the boss of the LR deputies who seeks the presidency of the get together towards Bruno Retailleau.

In his speech, Laurent Wauquiez nonetheless accused “The executive of having capitulated before even fighting battle” Faced with Algeria, accusing the president, Emmanuel Macron, for having refused to denounce the 1968 settlement with Algiers, which supplies particular standing to the Algerians in France by way of site visitors, keep and employment. “I cannot accept the choice that Emmanuel Macron printed to say that on Algeria we can do nothing, we are not going to renegotiate the 1968 agreement, we will continue to be humiliated”he denounced.

“Free word”

“I say it with force. There is only one path: we denounce the 1968 agreement ”he insisted, using what he presents as “His free phrase”. One way for him to distinguish himself from Bruno Retailleau which he affirms that he is restrained in his expression by his presence in the government. “The one who would be the president of our political household should be autonomy and the liberty to say it tomorrow”he explained.

The former boss of the party, Christian Jacob, who supported him, abounded in the same direction during the public meeting: “The presidency of LR is full -time work”he argued. “We don’t have a totally free word to the government. We are linked there by government solidarity ”he added.