Do you have trouble following the procrastination of RN members concerning the vote, or not, of the censorship of the Bayrou government? Rest assured, too. Wednesday, February 5, the far-right party finally held its meeting, initially scheduled for Monday afternoon, to clarify the strategy of the Marine Le Pen group in the assembly vis-à-vis the budget. It is decided: RN deputies will not vote the censorship motion posted by rebellious France, nor the “spontaneous” motion filed by the Socialist Party. If Jordan Bardella had already announced it in broad outline, on Tuesday, at the microphone of CNews, the decision did not flow from a source.
Let’s get back. Last week again, the national rally, which swore that its “red lines” had not moved since the episode of Michel Barnier’s budget, suddenly adds several conditions to its list of claims. That, in particular, not to exceed 5 % deficit, while the budget is built on a hypothesis of 5.4 %. Or that, more vague, of an absence of “political vision”. Friday, during the joint joint commission (CMP), it is Jean-Philippe Tanguy, deputy for the sum in charge of the question of the budget at the RN, which leaves his hat a new “red line”: the maintenance of the Article 4 of the bill, which reforms the pricing of electricity. “At that time, Marine Le Pen dubbed him, ensuring that he had done well to put pressure on the government,” said an RN deputy. The tone therefore seems to harden towards the government. And with the blessing of the boss. We have to make a decision after the weekend. A meeting is set for Monday 3 p.m. Monday.
Two lines compete
The deputies have no information and compete in ingenuity to use the most vague formula. Because two lines compete in the party. That, first of all, supporters of censorship, carried by Jean-Philippe Tanguy, for whom François Bayrou’s budget must be punished, also to mark their place as a first opponent. This Sunday, extremely rare for the party: Tanguy even takes a position, at the microphone of France 3, even before the choice is made by Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella: “I think we have to associate with a censure motion, but It is a personal position “.
Problem, the party leader belongs to the opposing camp, and is not frankly seduced by the idea of seeing the RN associate with the motion of censorship. “He believes that the real danger of censorship is that we are perceived as those responsible for disorder, while we are a party of order, and that the economic circles will reproach us,” said a close friend of the president of party. The disagreement is indicative of a persistent intestine struggle within the lepenist party between the representatives of a more sovereignist and state line, who revolve in the entourage of Marine Le Pen, and those of a more liberal and pro-business line , of which Jordan Bardella has made the voice of the European elections in June. François Durvye, economic advisor to Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, and the right-hand man of the conservative billionaire Pierre-Edouard Sterin, had notably spoken against censorship, including against the government of Michel Barnier.
“I feel, for once, a real basic disagreement between them”
But what about Marine Le Pen? “I feel, for once, a real basic disagreement between them,” comments a party’s fine connoisseur. In use to settle a divergence at the RN: far from looks, of course. Back to the Assembly, this Monday, where Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella have lunch together to arbitrate. The meeting is not successful. At the party, you don’t wash your dirty laundry in public, including if the public is home. We therefore inform the deputies that the meeting scheduled for the afternoon is pushed back to Wednesday. Understand: the decision will be made in a small committee, please not comment. The next day, before CNews, the frontist elected officials discover the position of their party: “The question that must be asked is: when we speak, the French benefit from a new censorship? I believe that it is necessary to avoid uncertainty because there are many business leaders, farmers, our compatriots who are worried about instability which could settle in the duration. ” Too bad, therefore, for Jean-Philippe Tanguy.
On Wednesday, the decision was explained before the parliamentarians of the RN, and those of the group of Eric Ciotti. The reason: “Do not extend uncertainty for the economic world”, especially since the vote would be a “sword in the water since the PS decided not to vote the censorship.” The new element of language is already found: “The national gathering is not a barracks, but there is a group discipline there.” Outside micro, RN deputies justify softly: “Sometimes you have to choose the choice of reason . ” Once it is not customary on the side of Marine Le Pen, the discipline lent this time in favor of its liberal wing.
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