Withdrawals, union of “republicans” and “democrats”… François Bayrou’s “8h30 franceinfo”

The president of the MoDem was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Tuesday July 2, 2024.

François Bayrou, president of the MoDem, high commissioner for planning and mayor of Pau was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Tuesday July 2, 2024. The withdrawals in the face of RN candidates, the call launched to the “republicans” and the “democrats”… He answered questions from Agathe Lambret and Jérôme Chapuis.

Faced with the RN, almost all of the Macronist candidates withdrew

“Every time there is a danger of an RN election, the decision has been made” to withdraw in favor of a better-placed candidate, maintains François Bayrou, a few days before the second round of the legislative elections. While the National Rally came out on top in the first round, the High Commissioner for Planning assures that “his knowledge, for the Together for the Republic bloc, is all or almost all of the decisions that have been taken or applied”.

“There is no real exception that I know of.”he claims. However, in the 1st constituency of Seine-et-Marne, the outgoing MoDem MP Aude Luquet announced on Monday that she was maintaining her candidacy, even though she came third in the first round, behind a New Popular Front candidate from LFI and a candidate supported by the RN.

If the RN does not have an absolute majority, François Bayrou calls for unity

“Today, all those who care about democracy and French society will have to take responsibility”The president of the MoDem calls on the “republicans” And “democrats” to work together, in the event that the National Rally fails to obtain an absolute majority in the Assembly at the end of the legislative elections.

“If the RN does not have an absolute majority, it has announced that it will refuse to govern”recalls the High Commissioner for Planning and “We need to find new answers to this situation”. “Is it simple? It’s very difficult.”he admits. “The President of the Republic has publicly and discreetly made offers of openness to the majority, to the government, over the past two years.”but “They were all rejected”.

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