They arrived grouped together.
The feathered hats of the majority have (finally) formalized the creation of their "Common House", last night at La Mutualité.
Even where, on July 12, 2016, Emmanuel Macron had given (without saying it) the kick-off of his campaign, in the nose and beard of François Hollande.
Richard Ferrand, François Bayrou, Édouard Philippe, Barbara Pompili, Stanislas Guerini, the ban and the backbench of the government, of the majority… They were all there, except one: the future candidate.
The launch of Together Citizens !, an association of partner parties of Macronie, advises the president of the Modem from the rostrum, it is "a decisive step to jointly support the candidacy for the re-election of Emmanuel Macron".
It took two years of laborious negotiations, particularly intense in recent weeks, to get there.
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“We are here, gathered!
»Praises the general delegate of LREM, Stanislas Guerini, during this evening which saw four women parade on the platform for… seven men.
The Minister for the Ecological Transition also secures a standing ovation by calling for "parity in the governance of this movement".
U-ni-té: this was the message that the president's lieutenants had come to chant, determined to put the differences under wraps.
This did not prevent Bayrou from making an allusion to what separates him from Philippe: "Between the Pyrenees and Normandy, dear Édouard, there are different climates", he launches from the rostrum, believing that "Everyone will advance at their own pace".
Everyone knows that the hardest part is yet to come, when it comes to distributing the legislative nominations.
“At least a non-aggression pact was needed,” sums up an LREM deputy arriving in the room.
We will see if it will hold… ”
