“We can’t show off” on the evening of the first round, says Arnaud Robinet, of the Horizons party

“We can’t flaunt”, reacted on Sunday June 12 on franceinfo Arnaud Robinet, mayor of Reims, member of Horizons, the party of Edouard Philippe, on the evening of the first round of the legislative elections which brought Nupes and the candidates labeled Together . Emmanuel Macron called his camp to humility. “The president is right.“, considers Arnaud Robinet. He calls for showing “a lot of humility”. Looking ahead to the second round, “we will have to mobilize all the voters for a week to ensure the president a stable and comfortable majority”.

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Horizons members have “been very clear from the start“, recalls the mayor of Reims. “We are loyal and we will remain loyal to the President of the Republic. But we are also free.” He admits “differences” with the head of state. “We represent the right wing, the centre-right of the presidential majority. But we will not be slingers”because “we want to work and ensure a majority for the President of the Republic”.

“I call on LR deputies to respond favorably to the outstretched hand that can be offered to them in the coming days to ensure and support the reforms that France needs.”

Arnaud Robinet, party Horizons

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On the other hand, the chosen one says to himself “very clear” compared to the National Rally. “My political commitment has always been to beat the extremes, the extreme right in particular.” And according to him, “each policy must take its responsibilities in the days to come”. After the second round of legislative elections, “there will be an opposition within the Assembly”underlines the representative of Horizons. “There will also be opposition in the street. So we will have to be strong, united and united within the majority.”

He calls to “to be clear” with the French. “The reforms will not be easy to pass. There will be obstruction. There will be opposition, that’s democracy.” He pleads for “the majority be united and united” and ask that we “avoid, of course, pre-presidential campaigns from 2024. Frankly, I believe that the stakes are extremely high. The future of France depends on it”.