Aurélien Pradié does not have his tongue in his pocket.
Invited this Sunday on France 3, the now executive vice-president of the Republicans first denounced the
"chin blow"
of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
Criticized by the deputy of Lot, the postponement of the starting age to 64
“is no longer negotiable”
, indeed affirmed the latter, invited this morning on Franceinfo.
On the eve of the start of the examination of the project in committee at the National Assembly, Aurélien Pradié then described Gérald Darmanin as an
"agitator"
who throws
"fuel on the fire"
, after the Minister of Interior violently attacked the opposition.
In an interview with Le
Parisien
, the tenant of Place Beauvau accused the Nupes of wanting to
"border the country".
“The role of a Minister of the Interior is to appease the country, not to agitate it (…) if Gérald Darmanin wants to teach the Nupes a lesson, let him start teaching it to himself. himself”
, retorted Aurélien Pradié.
“We can be opposed to this reform without being an awful leftist who would like to mess up the country
,” he added.
The former candidate for the presidency of LR therefore took the opportunity to plead once again in favor of a derogation from the age of 64 for those who started working before the age of 21.
A proposal also taken up in an amendment tabled by the LR group.
"This principle does not
, he warned in response to Elisabeth Borne, saying he was ready not to vote for the reform.
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Does he feel he can be heard during the discussion in the National Assembly?
“I had had it for a few days, since I listened to the Prime Minister, we were told that she wanted to dialogue, that they did not want to force
it,” he replied.
Before qualifying:
“the little chin shot this morning is starting to make me think that, basically, the macronists will never change”
.
The government is however counting on the vote of the LR deputies to obtain a majority in the hemicycle.
"I won't be in silly, mean opposition, like no one in the Republicans, but we have a condition on the table
," he warned.