High tensions this Wednesday between the Macronists and the LR, although they are supposed to support each other within the coalition of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. During the election to the Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, the abstention of LR deputies allowed the election of the Insoumise Aurélie Trouvé as president, who thus escaped the Macronists.
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The threat had been brewing for several days: the agreement between Gabriel Attal and Laurent Wauquiez to distribute key positions in the National Assembly was openly broken this Wednesday over a commission presidency, further marking the fractures between the new allies.
For several days, the leader of the right, Laurent Wauquiez, has been demanding a commission. For him, his group of 47 elected officials must have key positions, in the same way as Modem and Horizons, smaller in number but allies of the presidential camp. A sort of gesture of recognition which seems to hold Laurent Wauquiezin full operation of “ refoundation of his political family “.
Abstention from LR
But this Wednesday morning, the Macronists presented a candidate and the right did not support him, on the pretext that there was no formal agreement. Five of the six LRs of the commission abstained, allowing the victory of Aurélie Trouvé, ofLa France Insoumise (LFI).
This is going very badly in the presidential camp, Ensemble pour la République (EPR). Éric Bothorel, more on the left, published on X his intention to “ censor the government », with the illustration… a hunting rifle.
During an EPR meeting in the afternoon, Gabriel Attal denounced a project “ disastrous » by Laurent Wauquiez, and a sequence which comes « weaken trust » between the two camps, according to participants. While calling not to fall “ in a trap » and to focus on “ the interest of the country “.
The lucky one Aurélie Trouvé said to herself “ honored » to chair a commission covering strategic subjects such as agriculture, energy, or housing. She welcomed a result which “ translates the vote of the French » in the legislative elections, where the New Popular Front (NFP) came first.
Michel Barnier worried
In any case, this fratricidal exchange of arms has scalded Matignon, at a time when the budget test is looming. According to the Prime Minister’s entourage, Michel Barnier is concerned about the lack of solidarity within the common base of power.
The solidity of the coalition will be put to the test again for a seat as vice-president of the Assembly, soon to be vacant and coveted by LR. A possibility given to the Macronists either to take revenge for the blow of the day or to respond favorably to the request of their ally, deciding to sell their support at a high price.