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Connected to the party congress: President Emmanuel Macron
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JULIEN DE ROSA v AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron's party has renamed itself Renaissance (in English: rebirth) and merged with two small partner parties.
This was decided at a party congress in Paris.
As part of the name change, the small partners Agir and Territoire de Progrès are integrated into the Mitte party.
The political movement founded by Macron in 2016 was previously called La République en Marche (LREM), which means “The Republic in Motion” in German.
The party already used the name Renaissance for its list in the 2019 European elections. The renaming that has now taken place was announced in May.
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Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at the party congress in Paris
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"This is the start of a new stage in the transformation of our country," said Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne at the congress.
"Today we turned a new page in our political history," she said.
With the transformation into the Renaissance, the movement had "grown up."
Reorganized, new focus
Borne named the fight against climate change, which requires courageous and radical decisions, and the achievement of full employment as the focal points of the newly formed party.
The creation of jobs brings progress and secures the welfare state.
It is also about equal opportunities: Society must become fairer and more brotherly, access to education and health care must be improved.
The Prime Minister also stressed the importance of France's anchoring in Europe.
"There is no strong France without a powerful Europe." The party has the majority in the National Assembly of the French Parliament, but no longer has an absolute majority since the general election in June.
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