Big debate: for Collomb, it is urgent to "conclude" with announcements "strong"

"We see that the movement continues.This shows the depth probably of discomfort," said the former minister, Sunday night on LCI about the "yellow vests".

The mayor of Lyon and former Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, said on Sunday that it was urgent for President Emmanuel Macron to "come out of the great debate" with "strong announcements", facing the continuation of a challenge "week by week".

"We see that the movement continues." "We need to be able to come out at a moment of the big debate, to conclude it, and thus to make strong announcements," said Gerard Collomb, invited on Sunday evening of the political program "En tout franchise" on LCI. "I think these are the ads the French are waiting for today," he added, saying that it is urgent to do so "because we can not continue from week to week" with the manifestations of "yellow vests". "We can see that the movement is continuing, which shows the depth, no doubt, of the discomfort (...) We can not deny that there is a real crisis in the country," added the man who left the government in the autumn. to become Mayor of Lyon again.

Asked about other recent departures of ministers or relatives of the head of state, Gerard Collomb replied that it was to rebuild a team and ensure "a real renewal" to "succeed the second half of the quinquennium". "We must take into account the lessons of what has happened recently and make sure that we do not have the impression that the measures are for some but that they are for all and for all", a- he said by discouraging the way of the referendum.

"Know what is the course". At the approach of the European elections, the one who was very close to Emmanuel Macron assured that he would vote for the list LREM "despite the differences" he may have "on certain points". "To be diverse, it is because there are people of significantly different opinions on this list.The problem is to know after what is the course," criticized Gérard Collomb.

"Still in the pre-election periods the 'at the same time' works very well, as we have seen.The problem after that is that we have to decide, especially for Europe where the situation will be extremely complex" he continued. He also considers that the head of the list, Nathalie Loiseau, will have to assert herself "as a politician capable of weighing in Europe".