François Bayrou favorable to a merger between MoDem and Renaissance | EUROtoday

François Bayrou stated he was favorable on Saturday April 5, to a merger of his occasion, the modem, with Renaissance, the occasion based by Emmanuel Macron and managed since December by Gabriel Attal, who organizes a gathering through which the Prime Minister will intervene on Sunday.

Questioned by The Parisian On a merger of the 2 events, talked about by the president of the National Renaissance Council, Elisabeth Borne, Mr. Bayrou replied: ” Of course. Throughout my political life, I have always defended the unity of the center. Division is weakness. In addition, these divisions are simple device divisions. I am for unity and I think the unit will be done. »»

“Everyone have to be assured that their values, their historical past, their convictions, their sensitivity, their materials and ethical pursuits shall be assured when we’ve constructed the brand new and if needed group”added Mr. Bayrou.

Linked within an overall

The idea of ​​a merger between the modem, created in 2007 by François Bayrou to transform the UDF, and Renaissance, created in 2016 by Emmanuel Macron in his ascent towards power, had been mentioned before being abandoned, before the re -election of the Head of State in 2022.

Allied since the support provided by François Bayrou to Emmanuel Macron in 2017, the two parties are linked within an overall, a party arising from the electoral agreement for the legislative elections, in which Horizons no longer participates, the party of Edouard Philippe, since the dissolution of the Assembly.

THE “Central block” is not aligned with the procedure for the next presidential election, to which Emmanuel Macron cannot stand for. Edouard Philippe is already a declared candidate at the Elysée and begins to detail his method and his calendar during regular meetings.