Paris (AFP)
Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, who is due to create his party on October 9, "will have to take a position," warns Olivier Becht, president of the Agir group in the Assembly, which already unites allied right-wing and center-right elected officials on Wednesday. of the majority.
"He will have to position himself. Creating a movement is obviously his right. It is even a good thing if he manages to welcome personalities, in particular from the UDI or LR, who have not yet joined the majority" , recognizes Mr. Becht in an interview with Liberation.
"But if he does not succeed, he will be in the same position as Agir, which has already united since the start of the five-year term elected center-right and right-wing officials ready to work with the President of the Republic. Have two structures of the same sensitivity that do the same thing, that is of no interest, "he slices.
While the LREM / MoDem / Agir majority is working on the construction of a "common house" for the presidential election of 2022, Agir is therefore not ready to merge into the party of Edouard Philippe (ex-LR) ?
"Acting is intended to work with this new political offer, but you are asking me a question that I cannot answer because I do not yet know what Edouard Philippe is proposing", argues Mr. Becht.
He also said that he did not subscribe "at this stage" to Edouard Philippe's proposal for a postponement of the retirement age that could go up to 67 years, stressing the need to "develop a project (.. .) all together".
Asked whether MM.
Macron and Philippe could face each other for the 2027 presidential election, he believes that "the main question is not who wears the feathered hats but what vision we have for the future of the country".
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