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On October 15, 2023, “Dimanche en politique”, the political magazine of France 3, welcomes Sylvain Maillard, president of the Renaissance group at the National Assembly. He is questioned by Francis Letellier, with “carte blanche” to Laurence Peuron, political journalist at France Inter.
The conflict in the Middle East has suddenly entered daily life. In a few days, the Hamas attacks on Israel and the response of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip have gripped the world with the violence of images and testimonies.
The French political class even found itself divided. The refusal of the rebels to recognize the terrorist nature of these attacks has fractured the left. On the contrary, the far right found itself at the forefront of unconditional support for Israel. In the National Assembly as on television sets, there was talk of homage but also of quarrels over the words used before the President of the Republic addressed the French in their unity.
How to find consensus?
Difficult, in these circumstances, to talk about the other concerns of the French, first and foremost the cost of living and inflation, the markers of which will be found in the nation’s budget.
Sylvain Maillard, the boss of the Macronist deputies in the National Assembly, will undoubtedly be at the forefront in trying to find consensus, and in the event of failure, to attenuate among the oppositions the effect of the triggering of a new 49 -3. A difficult task for the Renaissance group, certainly the largest with around 170 deputies, but which still cannot achieve a majority.
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