A key week for the President of the Republic, who thanked one on Friday for appointing the other of his prime ministers in the process. " Why are we changing Édouard Philippe today?" Simply because he was overshadowing the President of the Republic, "reacted Eric Ciotti on the set of" Talk Le Figaro ", Monday. If the Head of State, on paper, intends to “draw a new path” for the country, the deputy LR of the Alpes-Maritimes has no doubt about the latter's desire to be in “a hierarchical link” , by appointing the head of government a senior official who can "execute his wishes," says Eric Ciotti.
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Stressing that "Jean Castex will not even have the leisure to deliver his general policy speech when he wants" , since he had to postpone it to July 17 to allow the Head of State to speak before. The Republican insisted on the deliberate choice of the president "that there is no longer a prime minister" . If "Emmanuel Macron dissolved Matignon", insists Éric Ciotti, he believes not without provocation that the president now has "two general secretaries or directors of cabinet" . The elected official sees this as "a form of drift which confirms this desire for personal power" of the tenant of the Élysée Palace, this presidency qualified as Jupiterian since the beginning of the five-year term.
"Enforce the uniform"
"When you have no authority, you are often forced into authoritarianism." An air of deja vu in President-Prime Minister couples? "We cannot compare François Fillon, Georges Pompidou or Raymond Barre to Jean Castex," said the Republican. Recalling among them " parliamentary legitimacy" , of minister or of proximity with General de Gaulle. He reaffirms a choice to erase Matignon at a time "when we need a strong government and not a government that is only the spokesperson for the president" . Even if he is eagerly awaited on issues of ecology, social and economic recovery, the Prime Minister has already spoken on sovereign issues.
We cannot compare François Fillon, Georges Pompidou or Raymond Barre to Jean Castex
Eric CiottiIf Éric Ciotti qualifies Jean Castex, from the same LR ranks as him, "of someone of quality, respectable and respected high official" , the words pronounced on the questions of security are the same heard for three years, he says. If he doesn't want to sue him, he's waiting to see.
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Very upset and worried about questions of mistrust towards the police, the rise of communitarianism and questions of justice, the Nice hopes for change. "The Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner put a target behind the backs of our police officers and created the rupture," he said. "It is no longer bearable, we must enforce the uniform of the Republic."
