In recent weeks, the deputies of the “common core” are learning to work together, in particular around the joint breakfasts organized by the head of Government. On Wednesday, November 13, he brought together the deputies of the Economic Affairs Commission of Les Républicains (LR), MoDem, Horizons and Renaissance around some cakes. Between coffee and croissants, some Macronists question the Prime Minister: it is still very difficult for them to digest the departure of Laurent Wauquiez at 8 p.m. on TF1, two days earlier.
Triumphantly, the deputy for Haute Loire, leader of the Republican Right (DR) group, announced – like the Minister of Economy who refused to be – the revaluation of pensions in line with inflation from 1Ahem January 2025. Relations between the candidate for the Elysée in 2027 and the other components of the “base” have gone from cold to icy since then, forcing government spokesperson Maud Bregeon to take a position. “It is a collective step forward in the service of protecting low-income retirees, not the symbol of a partisan victory.” she says, on November 17 in Sunday’s Tribuneworrying “may ambitions come to disturb our action.”
It’s not enough to calm the anger of Renaissance elected officials. “There is an attacked person and an aggressor,” challenges an advisor to Gabriel Attal, describing a president of the Ensemble pour la République (EPR) group “reaching” to his DR counterpart, who responds out loud “stab the contract”, as during the distribution of positions in the National Assembly in October.
“An opposition stance”
For the Macronists, Wauquiez remains responsible for the defeat of one of their own, Stéphane Travert, as president of the Economic Affairs Commission, against the “rebel” Aurélie Trouvé, for having encouraged his troops to abstain. He is also accused of his repeated criticism of the former majority with which he should now form a bloc. Right-wing defector Franck Riester warns his former colleague. “Wauquiez accepted the entry of LR into the government constrained and forced by his own troops and by public opinion, but remains in a position of opposition to us and returns to it as soon as he has the opportunity. “This can’t last.” warns the Renaissance deputy for Seine-et-Marne.
But, behind Laurent Wauquiez, the grievances also affect the prime minister, accused of favoring the elected representative of Haute-Loire and the right to the detriment of the other components of the “common base.” “Michel Barnier’s tropism of wanting to put LR and Laurent Wauquiez back in the chair is becoming embarrassing, criticizes the Horizons deputy for Seine-et-Marne, Frédéric Valletoux. The objective is not to restore the image of a party that obtained 5% in the presidential elections, but to turn France around. »
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