France: in its summer university in Cap d'Agde, the RN wants to weld without being "dogmatic"
Marine Le Pen is preparing to soon give up her place at the head of the National Rally.
Here, during a previous visit to Agde, in June 2022 (illustrative image).
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In France, the 89 deputies of the National Rally met in Cap d'Agde this weekend during the far-right party's summer school.
Parliamentarians preparing their return to politics alongside elected officials, they are there to train before returning to the benches of the National Assembly.
This in order to professionalize and give credibility to the party to win the next presidential election.
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With our special correspondent in Cap d'Agde,
Grégory Genevrier
Giving the image of a government party is the objective of the National Rally.
With a historic number of parliamentarians, "
it's now or never
,"
says Sébastien Chenu, RN deputy and vice-president of the National Assembly
: "
We now have an army of deputies, collaborators.
Something has to be done about it
”.
An “
army of deputies
” aware of serving as a showcase for the RN.
So
no more controversy
, you have to be irreproachable if the party wants to come to power, assures MP Laure Lavalette: “
It's true that this is an opportunity for us to show that we are not dogmatic.
And inevitably, what luck for us to be able to show it to the French who are going to see it.
It snowballs, this seriousness will bring us, I imagine, to victory in 2027.
"
For this, the flame party must not fall into systematic opposition in Parliament, according to MP Thomas Ménagé: “
Our objective is to show constructive opposition, but firm opposition to Emmanuel Macron whom we represent.
We have to be there, professionalize, improve even more.
We have already proven to what extent, as soon as we arrived, we were able to impose our style.
»
“
A style which nevertheless brings a new risk,
confides a MEP
, that of becoming a party like the others
”.
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