“
I am proud of not having yielded to any intimidation and of having maintained a sort of political uprightness
,” declared Aurélien Pradié in an interview with
La Dépêche
.
The deputy for Lot assumes his rebellious position within his own camp, despite the desire of the president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti and the president of the LR group in the National Assembly Olivier Marleix to vote for the reform of government pensions.
“
I made known my red lines, especially on long careers.
I did not vary
”assures the one who took some of the right-wing deputies to defeat the text, forcing the Prime Minister to resort to 49-3.
The decision of Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne is "
a failure for everyone
", declares Pradié, who sees in it "
perhaps the beginning of a changeover
".
But the deputy also declares that he would have “
sided behind [the] institutions
” if the text had been adopted by a majority vote in the National Assembly.
Asked about his intentions regarding the two motions of censure, tabled by the left and the center, in reaction to the government's choice to take responsibility for the text, Aurélien Pradié did not wish to give a definitive answer, while declaring that if he does not intend to vote for a motion of censure tabled by the RN or the NUPES, that on the other hand tabled by Charles de Courson of the LIOT group "
deserves further reflection
".
“
I will make my decision on Monday
“Said the deputy, who therefore does not rule out violating the instructions decided at a party meeting by the leaders of the Republicans.
On BFMTV Thursday, Aurélien Pradié had already admitted having pleaded, during this meeting, for the filing of a motion of censure by LR.
But Éric Ciotti finally told the press that Les Républiques will not join the motions of censure of the oppositions.
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Aurélien Pradié, who had already been dismissed from his post as vice-president of the party by Éric Ciotti, says he does not fear a definitive exclusion if he pursues a line resolutely contrary to that decided by the rest of his political family.
"
I will assume all the consequences of the decision that I will take on Monday
", he insists, ensuring that he has no other ambition than to defend "
[s]es convictions
".
“
I am credited with a lot of ambitions, but I actually have a lot less than you think,
” said the deputy, who appealed to Emmanuel Macron.
Aurélien Pradié asks the Head of State "
to withdraw this reform and initiate a social conference in order to come back to the social partners to draw up a new pension reform
”.