Even if he will remain “always faithful to (s)a political family”, Aurélien Pradié does not digest his sidelining among the Republicans. Dismissed from his position as number 2, he denounced Sunday a decision “contrary to the requirement of the gathering and respect for all members”.
Ousted on Saturday by President Eric Ciotti after having repeatedly expressed positions against the current of his party on pension reform, the deputy from Lot assured in a press release that he preferred his “freedom of belief to any position”.
Pradié denounces “political scullery negotiations”
Maintaining an intransigent line, in particular on the consideration of long careers, Aurélien Pradié threatened not to vote for the reform under consideration in the National Assembly, even though the management of LR seemed to have reached an agreement with the government. “I will always refuse that the right gradually becomes the conciliatory crutch of Macronie”, he notably castigated on Sunday, denouncing “political scullery negotiations”.
The deputy of Lot, who claimed in particular that a person who started before 21 years old did not have to contribute more than 43 years old to leave at the full rate, had ended up winning his case with his group on Friday. “That evening, we managed to rally all the opposition and part of the majority behind our position. We must be proud of it”, pleaded this cantor of a “popular right”, repeating that the reform remained “unfair and ill-prepared”.