Eric Woerth, candidate for the presidency of the PMU, leaves the National Assembly after greater than twenty years in workplace | EUROtoday

He was elected deputy for the primary time greater than twenty years in the past: former minister Eric Woerth determined to go away the Assembly to be a candidate for the presidency of the PMU, he declared Friday February 27 to Agence France-Presse (AFP), confirming info from the Parisian.

Commissioned for the reason that starting of September by the federal government to suggest a reform of the governance of the PMU, he noticed his mission not too long ago prolonged. By exceeding six months, his mandate as deputy subsequently mechanically expires. He will likely be changed by his deputy, Véronique Ludmann, who will change him within the group of Renaissance deputies. “I will be more useful to the PMU (…) rather than being a deputy lost in a non-majority”he informed AFP.

His appointment as president of the PMU will nonetheless must be permitted by its General Assembly, maybe “in the next ten or fifteen days”in line with him. Having been a minister lower than three years in the past, checks should even be carried out by the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life (HATVP).

The deputy for Oise had been appointed minister of regional planning, decentralization and housing in Lecornu’s first authorities, which lasted just a few hours. Former LR, Mr. Woerth was Minister of Public Accounts, Civil Service after which Labor beneath Nicolas Sarkozy. He was acquitted within the case of Libyan financing of Nicolas Sarkozy’s marketing campaign in 2007.

“Political impotence”

In the Assembly, he was on the coronary heart of the legislative course of, as president of the necessary finance committee (June 2017 to June 2022), together with throughout the Covid interval, “almost surreal”the place it was about “hold the economy”.

It is becoming that the Palais Bourbon, the place he “lots of friends”will miss him. While having harsh phrases concerning the present Assembly: “It’s a bit like driving a car on ice. We’re not sure we’re staying on course. (…) That doesn’t mean she’s not moving forward, but with every meter, we risk slipping. »

He denounces in particular the “violent debates” and the sensation of“political impotence” linked to “crumbling” political teams. But “it’s a departure from Parliament, not a departure from political life”he specifies.

“I will continue to try to help anyone who really wants to be President of the Republic”assures Mr. Woerth, with out wanting to present any indication of a choice between the present “four or five candidates for the right and the center”all personalities “eminent”.