Accelerate and strengthen the political structuring of the majority four months before the European elections.
This is the message delivered by Jean-Pierre Raffarin, guest of the RTL-Le Figaro-M6-Paris Première Grand Jury on Sunday.
“There is an urgent need to take the European campaign seriously
,” assures the former prime minister, support of the presidential majority, with seriousness.
“We must mobilize the political apparatus.
Do you see Renaissance, Horizons, Modem meetings?
No.
The majority must get involved in this campaign.
If we do not do it, our result will be half that of the National Rally
,” he adds, while the polls now show a 10-point difference between the list carried by Jordan Bardella and that of the majority, including the head of the list has still not been designated.
“There is a failure of political organization,”
he judges.
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While it took almost a month for Gabriel Attal and Emmanuel Macron to appoint their entire government team, Jean-Pierre Raffarin also recognizes that
“the composition of the government was too laborious”
.
The fault, again, is a
“political organization which leaves something to be desired”
.
“There is no more party, no more organization, everything is centralized.
Before, when we formed the government, the President of the Republic was less exposed.”
“You can be elected without a party but you cannot govern without a party which must protect the president and the prime minister.”
“Very good mention” for Attal
The new Prime Minister, in fact, received the congratulations of his distant predecessor for his first steps at Matignon.
“From the start, Gabriel Attal created personal capital which gave him freedom”
, judge Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who awarded him a
“very good mention”
, particularly on the management of the agricultural crisis.
“To be a good prime minister, you need good circumstances and mastering them.
He is a good professional, which is surprising at 34 years old (...) He has shown that he has talent, and demonstrates courage, professionalism.
Enough to embody a new voice in 2027?
“The future of the political movement of macronism is established, and the young prime minister is one of those who can give a future to macronism.
It will depend on the result of his action
.
While Édouard Philippe has just assured in La Tribune on Sunday that “competition does not scare him”, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, who is also one of his supporters, invites the various contenders within the Macronist current to
“ get along”
with a view to the presidential election.
“Édouard Philippe has no interest in Gabriel Attal failing.
It would be stupid to start a competition with him now
,” he judges.
Before shooting an arrow in the direction of MoDem president François Bayrou, whose statements against the government this week he describes as a
“hazardous and damaging”
strategy .