Republicans emerge deeply fractured from the debate on pension reform. Nearly a third of the deputies voted for the motion of censure to overthrow the government, despite the opposition of the management of LR. This episode comes after a calamitous presidential election and a party that has been losing momentum for fifteen years.
How can Republicans rebuild themselves? Which political line to choose when most voters have joined Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen?
To discuss it :
– Emilien Houard Vial, political scientist, specialist in the French right, teacher at Sciences Po Paris and doctoral student at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics of Sciences Po
– Pierrick Bonnojournalist in the political department of RFI
– Gilles Richardprofessor emeritus of contemporary history at the University of Rennes-II, president of the French Society of Political History and author of the book History of the rights in France (1815-2017) (Perrin editions)