Gaël Perdriau, the LR mayor of Saint-Etienne, wants Les Républicains to be "
actors
" during the next five-year term and considers it impossible to go to the legislative elections without first providing for an agreement with Emmanuel Macron on four or five strong proposals within the framework of a "
national union
".
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With this in mind, the elected representative asks Christian Jacob, president of the Republicans, to organize a national council very quickly so that a debate can take place beyond the strategic council and the political office.
“
This debate deserves to take place next week so that we can consider these legislative elections with a government agreement.
The bodies that have dealt with the subject represent a very limited group.
Here we are talking about our future.
To leave with a project which obtained 4.80% of the votes is suicidal.
We will end up with 15 deputies and the death of the party
, ”he judges, explaining to
Figaro
his desire to join the line of Nicolas Sarkozy and Jean-François Copé.
On the side of the Republicans, it seems unlikely that a positive response will be given to Gaël Perdriau.
The LR party has already adopted a motion supported by 87% of BP participants and during the last strategic meeting organized on Tuesday, several voices were raised to recall that the discussion had already taken place and that the party had to put itself in order to marches "
under its own colors
".
The mayor of Saint-Etienne, who had already deplored an "
identity drift
" of LR on Tuesday and defended the vote for Emmanuel Macron, recently spoke with Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-François Copé and Rachida Dati, he assured at AFP.
Nicolas Sarkozy had called on April 12 for the rally around Emmanuel Macron.
Jean-François Copé had pleaded with him in the JDD on Sunday for an "
agreement
" with the macronie.
