“Let those who want to leave go away”: in a group meeting, the LR deputies explain their differences

The meeting promised to be tense, but nothing happened.

This afternoon, for several hours, more than sixty Republican parliamentarians met – some in the National Assembly and others by videoconference – to discuss the future of their political family.

In sight: the June legislative elections, where a majority of them will be candidates.

While rumors of possible defections have been rife for several days, the objective was to discuss the differences of point of view of parliamentarians and to recall the party line for this deadline.

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After an introduction by Damien Abad, boss of the LR deputies, Christian Jacob, the president of the party, took the floor to discuss the motion adopted the day after the first round in the political office: 87% of those present had voted in favor of a project "

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