“Officially a candidate” for the presidency of the Renaissance group, Gabriel Attal opposes a government with the RN or LFI

The presidential camp group must elect its president on Saturday, between 9 a.m. and noon, by electronic vote.

Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is “officially a candidate” to the presidency of the Renaissance group in the National Assembly and will be “probably the only one”declared the former president of the group, Sylvain Maillard, on France 2 on Friday July 12. The Renaissance group must elect its president on Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon, by electronic vote.

“The end of applications is at noon, it is very likely that he will be the only candidate,” specified the Paris MP, since, “in a choice of unit”, Gérald Darmanin and Élisabeth Borne, whose names had been circulating, will not be showing up.

For the Yvelines MP Aurore Bergé, who held the position before Sylvain Maillard, the Prime Minister’s candidacy is “obviously legitimate”. “He was and still is the leader of the majority,” she said on franceinfo.

In his profession of faith, Gabriel Attal commits himself to “protect the French from any government” including ministers from the National Rally or La France Insoumise. This opposition to a government including rebellious ministers had already been shared by the group’s deputies, in a press release on Wednesday where they positioned themselves for a “project coalition ranging from social democrats to the government right.”

“With the dissolution and the early legislative elections, we came close to disappearing,” The Prime Minister also acknowledges this in this text, on the eve of his probable election as head of the Renaissance group, which he will propose to rename “Together for the Republic”.

“I want to completely review our methods and our organization, drawing on all the lessons learned since 2017 and even more so since 2022,” also affirms the campaign leader of the presidential camp, in a profession of faith which never mentions Emmanuel Macron.