“We are not here to report to Medef,” says Éric Ciotti after his big oral with Jordan Bardella

This is the first time that the contested president of the Republicans (LR) and the president of the National Rally (RN) have appeared together.

“We are not here to be accountable to Medef, we are here to be accountable to the French,” snaps Éric Ciotti on Friday June 21 on France Bleu Azur, the day after his big oral presentation in front of the bosses, spent with Jordan Bardella. This is the first time that the contested president of the Republicans (LR) and the president of the National Rally (RN) have appeared together, since the surprise announcement of their alliance with a view to the early legislative elections.

For Patrick Martin, the president of Medef, the hearing of the candidate for his re-election in the 1st constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes and of the MEP did not make it possible to remove doubts about the repeal of the pension reform, a promise of the Lepenist party. “We absolutely did not understand what the timetable and the reality would be” of the repeal of the reform, criticized the number one of the first employers’ organization.

In the program of the alliance between lepénistes and ciottistes, “there are cost-saving measures”assures Éric Ciotti, whose “delete region”, who is “a step [administratif] too much.” “We need proximity, the municipalities, the departments are enough to act”, he assures. In passing, he took the opportunity to scratch Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, led by ex-LR Renaud Muselier, joined by Emmanuel Macron.

“I tell the French to have confidence”, says Eric Ciotti. “With Mr. Mélenchon in power, we would go from a democracy to a dictatorship, it is not bearable, the first danger is there,” he dramatizes. “That’s why” that he has done “this choice” to come to terms with the RN. “I did it transparently”he maintains while he has presented the other leaders of LR with a fait accompli.