It is a small sentence symbol of the tensions already perceptible in the National Assembly.
Invited this Tuesday morning by RMC / BFMTV, the Minister of the Interior and Overseas, Gérald Darmanin, explained that he considered the deputies of the National Rally (RN) and La France Insoumise (LFI) as "
enemies
".
“
I respect them as parliamentarians,
” adds the minister, confirmed in his duties during the last reshuffle.
“
But we do not have to discuss, to negotiate with the RN or France Insoumise
”, he decided.
“These remarks are contrary to the values of the Republic”, immediately reacted Marine Le Pen on Twitter, accusing the Beauvau tenant of “insult (r) millions of French people”.
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This, especially since Gérald Darmanin, on the other hand, distinguishes between the government parties, the Republicans and the Socialist Party, preferring to describe them as simple "
adversaries
" - on whom the executive counts moreover to pass laws, for lack of absolute majority in the hemicycle.
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Because Emmanuel Macron said precisely the opposite in 2018. "
We have political confrontations but he is not my enemy
", underlined the Head of State about the Insoumis leader, during a falsely impromptu meeting with Jean- Luc Mélenchon on the Old Port of Marseille.
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A new episode which should deteriorate a little more the relations between walkers and Insoumis.
