This is a worrying change in tone for the Macron camp.
In July, in the new National Assembly, Les Républicains (LR) presented themselves as
“responsible and constructive opposition”
.
Capable, we want to believe internally, of advancing its priorities by negotiating behind the scenes with a presidential coalition with a relative majority.
Result, the troops of the right vote for the first three texts of the quinquennium – health security, purchasing power and amending budget.
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Two months later, a new campaign has started and the words are harsher.
The three candidates for the LR presidency, in the running for the internal ballot in December, wanted to be clear: they will not vote for the 2023 budget, debated from October 10 in the Assembly.
A symbolic text, a traditional test of belonging to the majority or to the opposition.
“Let this majority manage, we will not be its crutch”
, warned MP Éric Ciottile on September 3, when the…
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