When the first round of the presidential election plunged Les Républicains into disarray, the Senate remained a landmark for this political family.
The fact that Gérard Larcher, a member of the Republicans, occupies the only institutional position held by the right, often places the Upper House at the heart of LR concerns and in the front line vis-à-vis the executive.
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The President of the Senate is the man who speaks to the President of the Republic and to the Prime Minister
", we underline at the Luxembourg Palace, recalling that this place of counter-power where we promise to work in an "
always constructive
" spirit
is also considered the Chamber of Territories.
Territories where precisely the right remains established and in the majority.
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Without the Senate, Macron would have had a free hand on everything since there is a systematic alignment of the National Assembly with the presidential will
”, we add rue de Vaugirard , praising the Haute…
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