Several left-wing deputies opposed to the Melenchonist Nupes alliance and who sit among those not registered in the National Assembly were received on Friday by Elisabeth Borne who, according to them, discouraged them from trying to form a parliamentary group.
"
A work of reflection was carried out since the beginning of the new legislature by elected representatives of left sensibilities having territorial affinities, method and vision to define the conditions for the creation of a group in support of the majority
", has explained one of these deputies.
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Around in particular the deputies Olivier Falorni or David Habib, both opposed to the Nupes alliance (LFI, PS, EELV, PCF), it was a question of "
pursuing the enlargement
" of the majority the "
overcoming of the divisions
".
"
The only difference with the Democrat and Horizons groups (respectively the MoDem troops of François Bayrou and those of Édouard Philippe, allies of the majority, editor's note) was that this new group would not have been backed by a political party structure, thus manifesting the transpartisan and constructive characters
,” the same source continued.
"Not enough"
But, to succeed in bringing together fifteen deputies necessary for the constitution of a group, it would have been necessary the assistance of certain parliamentarians belonging to the left wing of Renaissance, the group of the Republic in motion.
However, during their meeting on Friday, the Prime Minister “
expressed her refusal
” of such a hypothesis, according to one of the participants, because of a risk of “
dislocation of the Renaissance group
” and therefore of “
weakening of the majority
”.
Elisabeth Borne's entourage confirmed to AFP the holding of this interview, explaining that "
there are not enough of them today to form a group
".
The participants said they were "
surprised
" by the position of the head of government, "
not understanding it either strategically or politically
", considering that "
the enlargement to the left is refused and that governance will remain with contributions from the right
" .
.
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The entourage of Elisabeth Borne for its part considered that "
it is certain that these deputies would be welcome in the majority
".
The National Assembly today has ten parliamentary groups: Renaissance, Democrat, Horizons, the National Rally, LFI, LR, EELV, PS, PCF and LIOT (Liberties, Independents, Overseas, Territories), which notably includes elected overseas, Corsican nationalists and centrists.