"This alliance is the problem of the left, but that's all and anything. This staging is incredible. Thank God, there is absolutely no chance that Jean-Luc Mélenchon will become Prime Minister, it is from the grub of comm 'and the grub of electoralist, "said the deputy of Seine-et-Marne, questioned on the alliance on the left for the legislative elections at the microphone of France Inter.
Because, according to Mr. Jacob, who will not stand for re-election, the boss of LFI is "in the same role as Marine Le Pen in the presidential election", namely that of "the useful idiot of Emmanuel Macron" .
Asked about a possible collapse of LR, Mr. Jacob recognized a "failure" in the presidential election where candidate Valérie Pécresse peaked at 4.78% of the vote, while affirming that the Republicans could rely on "a group of 100 deputies" and "an important territorial anchorage".
For the legislative elections, Christian Jacob said that the party would not accept dual political affiliation, namely that a candidate "cannot be LR and the Republic on the move", qualifying Eric Woerth's choice to join forces with the presidential majority of "pathetic".
He also rejected "the idea of a single party", not "recognizing himself in anything in the policy led by Emmanuel Macron" and pointing to the "total failure" of former LRs who became ministers during the previous five-year term such as Édouard Philippe, Bruno The Mayor or Gérald Darmanin.
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