Macronist deputies facing voter anger

Since the adoption of the pension reform, the past few weeks have sometimes been stormy. But, in his constituency of Calvados, the deputy Jérémie Patrier-Leitus (Horizons) has never stopped going to the field. “I never hid […] and I said I regretted the 49.3. I thought we should have gone to the vote“, says the parliamentarian. Christophe Blanchet, Modem deputy from Calvados, was also in favor of pension reform, but opposed to 49.3.

“I have always been in touch”

The latter had to assume the government’s decision on a daily basis. “I have always been on the pitch. I have always been in contact, available, accessible, ready to be yelled at”, he says. The MP sometimes had heated exchanges. Since the adoption of the law, some deputies have been rather discreet in Normandy. This situation arouses irony on the part of opposition members. On the ground, the Macronist deputies sometimes play the deminers.