“The central bloc must organize itself,” says Philippe Juvin, for whom Xavier Bertrand “has many assets”

The LR MP for Hauts-de-Seine was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Friday August 2. For Philippe Juvin, “the central bloc must be organized around a man, or a woman, who must be designated not by a party, but by the President of the Republic”.

After the truce “Olympic and political” desired by Emmanuel Macron, the question of the appointment of a Prime Minister will once again become a hot topic. For Philippe Juvin, LR deputy for Hauts-de-Seine and head of the emergency department at the Pompidou hospital in Paris, the ideal profile for Matignon is “someone capable of calming the country and providing solutions to the lack of order in the streets, at school, at the borders, and in public finances” And “someone who is able to speak to, pretty much, everyone in the political spectrum”.

Asked about the Xavier Bertrand hypothesis, the Hauts-de-Seine MP admits that the LR president of the Hauts-de-France region “has many assets, he presides over a region, he has ministerial experience, he tries to find consensus”he said. But Xavier Bertrand’s candidacy could encounter opposition from Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right group in the Assembly, and Bruno Retailleau, his counterpart in the Senate, who represent a more traditional right. “The right is diverse, traditionally, culturally, historically, but they are part of the same party” with Xavier Bertrand, underlines Philippe Juvin. “All these people have one thing in common: they want the best for the country.”he assures.

It is precisely for “prevent the country from being blocked” that the two group presidents of the two assemblies propose a “legislative pact”but without a government agreement with Macron’s party. “There has to be a political agreement one way or another”with “the central bloc because there is no alternative”believes Philippe Juvin. According to him, “Any solution must be sought. If the right does not do this, if the right does not unblock things, it is chaos, it is chaos”he repeats.

The Hauts-de-Seine MP imagines a “enlarged central block” which would include Macronist deputies but also various deputies from the LIOT group and “some socialists”. “We absolutely must find an agreement to save the country. That would prevent France from sinking. That would already be quite a start.”he believes.

Lucie Castets, the New Popular Front candidate for Matignon, is – according to him – not legitimate. “We must stop misleading people by saying ‘we won'”he says. According to him, “Mrs. Castets, this is a communications fraud. I am not questioning this woman who has very great human qualities, but it is a political communications fraud. We are a thousand miles away from what the French want.”he says. “If Lucie Castets became Prime Minister tomorrow, there would be immediate chaos in France”believes Philippe Juvin.

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