The leader of the senators Les Républicains, Bruno Retailleau, advocates abstention on the government's deconfinement plan. It will be presented Monday in the Senate by Edouard Philippe. At the Meeting, the LR group abstained for the most part. Internal party discussions will take place this weekend. 

The leader of the senators LR Bruno Retailleau advocates abstention on the deconfinement plan which will be presented to the Senate on Monday by the Prime Minister, believing that the government "has contradicted itself too much", in particular on tests and masks. "As I speak to you, I think we will not be able to give a blank check to the government," Bruno Retailleau said on LCI, indicating that the subject will be discussed during the weekend within the group.

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"A personal position"

"Me anyway I would rather advocate abstention, because I have doubts," he added, adding that it was "for the moment a personal position".

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"I have doubts because I cannot believe only the word of the government, the government has contradicted itself too much," said the senator from Vendée, citing the masks and the tests. "I recommend what I recommended a month ago: we must break the back of this epidemic, not just put France under cover," urged Mr. Retailleau, saying that "the chain of contamination, we have not broken kidneys. "

"A vote of responsibility" for Christian Jacob

On Europe 1, the president of the Republicans Christian Jacob for his part claimed a "vote of responsibility" of the deputies LR in the Assembly, who mainly abstained Tuesday on the plan of deconfinement presented by Edouard Philippe. "I think it is a vote of responsibility. We are not being criticized. We have always been a force for proposals," he said.

If 67 LR deputies abstained, 24 voted against and 11 for, including Eric Woerth who considers "that we must continue to give the State the necessary means of action".