Emmanuel Macron tried to mobilize the troops of the presidential camp on Thursday evening in the Assembly, inviting them to be
"in permanent campaign"
to
"enlarge"
the majority and to remain
"united and grouped"
.
"What I ask of you is to be in a permanent campaign"
, he launched - according to remarks reported to AFP by several participants - while receiving some 200 parliamentarians at the Elysée, alongside the Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne and several ministers including Marc Fesneau (Agriculture) and Éric Dupond-Moretti (Justice).
Do not give in to “discouragement”
"The risk or fear of combat must not be with us
," he added, referring to the political cost that a possible dissolution could represent, both for the opposition and for the presidential camp.
The head of state insisted at length on
the "DNA"
of macronie, namely to make
"women and men of the right and left work together".
"What I expect from us collectively is to build this overtaking again"
, to build
"gathering majorities"
, he hammered.
"We must bring the opposition to the spirit of responsibility"
, he insisted, calling for
"building compromises and strong responses".
Emmanuel Macron had a
"moved thought"
for all the
"comrades"
, including tenors of La République en Marche like Christophe Castaner and Richard Ferrand, who were beaten in the legislative elections.
“We miss them.
It's the hardest part of this period
,” he said, while calling on his troops not to give in to
“discouragement” in the face of an
“atypical”
political situation .
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The Head of State also insisted on the need for the presidential camp to keep the ranks close as it lacks about forty seats to reach an absolute majority and that compromises will have to be found text by text.
"When the battle rings
(for the vote on laws, editor's note)
, not one must be missing",
he warned, while inviting the groups to
"bring their differences to life"
internally.
Finally, he invited the deputies to
"keep time on the ground"
and to write
"shorter, fewer texts" to better "build coalitions".