Gabriel Attal claims “the right to be demanding” of the longer term Barnier authorities
Opening the assembly of the 97 deputies of the Ensemble pour la République group, which he now leads, Gabriel Attal mentioned he rejected “any sterile blockage”, however claimed “the right to be demanding”. “We are not about to sell out our values. We will defend our ideas and we will defend them with force.”he warned.
The Macronist deputies, who’re receiving Michel Barnier this Tuesday night, are ready “strong commitments” of the Prime Minister on their ” program “ and their “values”mentioned Mr. Attal, who recalled the presidential occasion's want to see Mr. Barnier resort to “people from the Republican right, the central bloc, and the Republican left” to kind his authorities.
But “Besides our duties, we also have rights. We have the right to demand. No majority can be written without us. No vote can be won without us.”added the previous prime minister.
A balanced place which displays the unease of some. “I don't know if I'm in the majority or [dans] the opposition »asked MP Ludovic Mendes, judging that Michel Barnier is currently giving “no extra pledges to [la] proper and much proper”. “Its composition and its roadmap are inseparable”believes Macronist MP Marc Ferracci, who hopes that the government will understand “folks from the central bloc in due proportion to what we characterize within the Assembly”.
During this meeting, according to Agence France-Presse, which relies on testimonies from participants, the resigning Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin suggested that the potential ministers of the presidential camp could leave the government en bloc if “crimson traces” were crossed. The resigning minister and new vice-president of the National Assembly, Roland Lescure, mentioned a possible “incompatibility” with personalities that Mr Barnier could use to form his team, without naming names, but probably targeting leaders of the right-wing party Les Républicains.
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