On the occasion of his wishes, the new president of the movement posted his reconciliation with the head of the Senators LR Bruno Retailleau. But the absence of Aurélien Pradié – more critical than ever on pension reform – has been noticed.
by Alexandre Pedro
During his wishes for 2023, Tuesday, January 24, Eric Ciotti did not have a word for the socialists. Logic, even if the new president of the Les Républicains Party (LR) could have thank the other major government formation for occupying the media land by counting and recounting the bulletins obtained by Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol during the internal of January 19.
When the mayor of 7 e de Paris, Rachida Dati, advises with a big smile to the journalists present rather on the misfortunes of the PS, other members of the new management of LR exhus the expression always useful “when I look I sorry, when I compare myself I console myself”. More than nine months later, the 4.78 % of Valérie Pécresse in the first round of the last presidential election still hurt, and it is good to console yourself a little …
Promised, the tensions between Eric Ciotti and the Senator of Vendée Bruno Retailleau, his unhappy opponent of December 2022 during the LR congress, therefore belong to the past. A fresh past, certainly. After days of cuddling therapy with the “retailops” on the part of the party president, the peace of the Braves was ratified Tuesday morning in the office of the president (LR) of the Senate, Gérard Larcher. “To be honest, I was surprised by Bruno Retailleau’s reaction last week, admits Eric Pauget, deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes and old traveling companion of the LR boss. Since his election, Eric Ciotti has not stopped To discuss with [LR vice-president] Aurélien Pradié and him, in particular on the theme of pensions. In the organization chart, most of their loved ones were found. “
But the account was not there for Mr. Retailleau and his relatives, badly served to their taste in the new organization chart. “Our agreements are not respected. I regret it. Confidence is the prerequisite essential to the rally,” he deplored, on January 18, in a message on Twitter, the new direction barely revealed.
Since his 46.3 % of December 11, 2022, the leader of Senators LR no longer hesitates to show the muscles and it forces its courteous nature. According to his supporters, it is not a question of claiming a few rattles but of “respect and confidence”. “It is above all a little misunderstanding at first and it remains anecdotal, wants to believe the young spokesperson for the party, Guilhem Carayon. We arrive at a moment in our history where we are too weak to divide. “
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