While he was omnipresent in the media in recent weeks, Gabriel Attal had remained completely silent since Sunday evening after the failure of the majority in the European elections and the announcement of the dissolution by Emmanuel Macron. This Tuesday evening, he spoke again on TF1’s 8 p.m. news, announcing that he would lead the campaign for the legislative elections as majority leader.
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He was missing, visibly stunned by the news. The Prime Minister expected everything except for that » according to those around him. No longer appearing in public since his vote this Sunday, he made his first return this morning in front of the outgoing Renaissance deputies in the Assembly for a group meeting, reports Charlotte Urien-Tomaka from the RFI political department.
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The dissolution had the effect of a cold shower on the majority deputies. “ I know (…) that it is brutal for you, your collaborators and those who return to combat “, the Prime Minister commiserated Tuesday before the Renaissance group Gabriel Attal. Several deputies expressed, during this meeting, their wish that the Prime Minister would fully commit to the campaign, he and not the president.
“ There have been many calls for Gabriel Attal to commit “, not to reproach him for not doing it enough, but with the idea ” that it must not be someone else, very clearly that meant not Macron », Said an executive of the group to AFP. So ” symptomatic “, ” some asked to be able to put their photo next to that of Gabriel Attal (…) and therefore not the President of the Republic », added this source.
“ Avoid the risk of impotence and asphyxiation »
On TF1 this Tuesday evening, Gabriel Attal announced that he was jumping into the fray by declaring: “ yes, I will run this campaign as majority leader “.
The Prime Minister also justified the president’s decision to “ avoid the risk of helplessness and asphyxiation that existed between chaos and disordere “. For the tenant of Matignon, there is also a very simple reason to justify this decision: “ we lost in the Europeans “.
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Gabriel Attal also notes that the extremes totaled nearly 50%, which obliged Emmanuel Macron, adding that the president wanted to “rgive voice to the French for the future of the country “.
After Gabriel Attal, it is the president’s turn to speak this Wednesday at a press conference during which he is expected to provide clarifications to the majority’s strategy.
I think the president wants to make the French face their responsibilities.
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