the PS and the LR absent, “two major parties which no longer want to be part of political writing”, deplores the boss of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly

LFI, the PS and LR “refuse political debate”, regrets the president of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly and deputy Sylvain Maillard, on franceinfo Friday November 17, while Emmanuel Macron meets the party leaders who are present for the third “Saint-Denis meetings”. International issues, the extension of the referendum to social issues, the status of Corsica and New Caledonia and decentralization will be discussed. “Themes which obviously interest all French people”underlines Sylvain Maillard.

For the leader of the Renaissance deputies, these meetings are not synonymous with censorship of the National Assembly and the Senate, while Éric Ciotti calls the President of the Republic “to respect institutions” and that Olivier Faure denounces “a cenacle which would replace Parliament”. “There is Parliamentary time and there is extremely political time (…) What time is there to be wasted working on decentralization, on international issues?”asks the Renaissance deputy. “Basically, they are not at the table. They refuse political debate. They step aside. I believe that it is also a symbol of what political life has become in reality”, he says. “These two major parties, which were two major governing parties of the Fifth Republic, the socialists and the LR basically no longer want to be part of current and future political writing”insists Sylvain Maillard.

These meetings, according to the socialist Olivier Faure, are not “only a staging” whose agenda and conclusions are controlled solely by Emmanuel Macron. An argument that Sylvain Maillard brushes aside. “The social conference which was decided at the first conference in Saint-Denis is set up. There is unanimous agreement on the discussions on the international level. The principle of modifying our institutions, for example through the referendum, through decentralization, it is being implemented”, lists the deputy of the presidential majority. It is therefore “a political mistake” not to be present, concludes Sylvain Maillard.