“On will not save a refoundation”. VSt is a Baron Les Républicains who entrusts it to us, with a slight sigh. Lon the French right is still haggard, with the feeling of not having gone far from the disaster. DIn the LR executive, obviously everyone has in mind the slap in the score of Valérie Pécresse, but we are delighted that few deputies have switched to Macronie. “On suffered a big failure, we could have had divisions”underlines this former minister.
To Currently, only five LR deputies have passed under the Macron flag. PFor everyone, the next legislative elections will therefore be a revelation. HASToday, the LR group in the Assembly has 101 members; the new goal is70.
For many, Nicolas Sarkozy is missing his exit. Lhe maneuvers of the former president in recent months have created tension on the right.
For the LRs, the aftermath will therefore begin just after the legislative elections. Lhe current president of the party, Christian Jacob, is expected to resign. IHe could nevertheless remain in post for a few months. Then there will be September or October, a congress to define a new line. Et there it gets even more complicated, because lines, there are now several at LR.
Lhe concepts are known but the order of priorities may change. It will all be a slider thing. In disorder: authority, security, sovereignty, freedom, purchasing power, social, Europe, identity, work, budgetary rigor… Et we will have to integrate new words: ecology, digital… “LR is not dead, but what is the name of today? asks a member of the new generation.
LAppetites sharpen. The personality who will take the side will give the new direction, in the first sense of the term. QWhat will Eric Ciotti, who won 39% in the LR primary? Could he give way to Laurent Wauquiez back? What will Rachida Dati, Bruno Retailleau do? There is also new names, such as the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, or young people who get impatient like Aurélien Pradié. VSth Thursday morning in Le Figarothe deputy Julien Aubert is also applying. EThen did Xavier Bertrand really renounce all presidential ambitions?
In any case, hope still exists at LR. VSAs an elected official confided to me: “In 2027, Emmanuel Macron will no longer be there, there will be room for a right-wing president.”