They should be only five to seven deputies The outgoing Republicans to seek their succession under the banner of the presidential majority, indicated
Le Figaro
last week.
Four are already doing it: Marine Brenier, Robin Réda, Constance Le Grip and Jean-Carles Grenier.
Damien Abad, received at the Élysée during the inter-tower period, chose to stand in the legislative elections under the colors of his party.
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The president of the LR deputies, suspected by many of wanting to join the presidential majority, is running in his constituency of Ain, where, said Stanislas Guerini, no candidate for La République en Marche will be invested.
"
I confirm that we will not invest a candidate in this constituency
," said the delegate general of La République en Marche.
“
I noted that Damien Abad, at a time when his political party [did not make] the choice between the far right and Emmanuel Macron, withdrew in an extremely clear way
”, a-t- he declared on France 2.
The boss of LREM however clarified: “
This does not mean that he agrees with the entire program carried out by the President of the Republic.
Otherwise, he would have joined us and would be invested by the presidential majority.
“It is, he concluded, to “
welcome
” the “
posture of responsibility
” of Damien Abad, and his “
clarity
”.
During a press conference last Saturday, and while the long-time supporter of Valérie Pécresse, Robin Réda, confirmed in the columns of the
JDD
to have joined the majority, Christian Jacob declared:
"We, the rule, it is clear and unambiguously, there is no dual Republican membership.
We cannot be LR and in the presidential majority.
From the moment you are a presidential majority, you are no longer Republican.