No merger on the horizon.
The party of former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, and the Agir movement - chaired by Deputy Minister Franck Riester (Foreign Trade and Attractiveness) - will not join together for the moment,
Le Figaro
learned on Wednesday from concordant sources.
The last talks failed between the two center-right formations.
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Since the launch of his party, the former head of government sought to aspire to Agir, a component of the presidential majority since 2017. But Franck Riester was rather reluctant, despite his presence at the launch of Horizons, in Le Havre, last October.
He just aspires to a simple rapprochement, even if several Agir executives have joined Horizons, like the deputy for Paris Pierre-Yves Bournazel.
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Several sources point to the responsibility of the Elysee.
While Emmanuel Macron recently spoke with Franck Riester, the head of state would not be in favor of such a merger.
A refusal that comes ...
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