Connemara Lakes is mostly a song associated with late nights and dance floors. Regardless of the tradition, Eric Ciotti made his entrance on Sunday August 27 in a room in Cannet (Alpes-Maritimes) on Michel Sardou’s tube. A nod to the controversy of the summer, provoked by the words of the singer Juliette Armanet, who said to herself ” disgusted “ by this piece ” of right “. The president of the Republicans (LR), he loves Sardou and held a very marked speech on the right. Its refrain was addressed to the 2,000 militants, deprived of the traditional bucolic lunch of Levens, on the heights of Nice, due to a storm.
“We see the decline, the disorder. It reminds us of the end of the IVe Republic “, attacked the boss of LR, against Emmanuel Macron. At the beginning of the week, the two men nevertheless spoke for an hour on the telephone and will meet again on Wednesday August 30, as part of the “great initiative” launched by the President of the Republic, which brings together the leaders of the main parties.
On the right, we are ironic about this meeting. “We have already had the National Council for Refoundation, the “great debate”, the famous “hundred days”, lists Othman Nasrou, spokesperson for LR. And what came out of it? » Vendée senator Bruno Retailleau sees it as a “yet another communication trick” and plans “a flop”. “ We feel the president a little lostcontinues MEP François-Xavier Bellamy. A large-scale initiative is not about summoning people around a table. »
“Migration ceilings”
As a polite guest, Mr. Ciotti will not come empty-handed: determined to influence the policy of the executive, he will ask Emmanuel Macron for a referendum on the proposed constitutional law on immigration, tabled by LR in the spring, after the Head of State said in Point that this meeting could lead to “referendum projects”. Earlier in the morning, during a strategic council, LR executives recalled that this condition was a prerequisite for starting negotiations with the executive on the immigration bill carried by Gérald Darmanin, promised in the fall.
The threat of government censorship, once agitated by LR officials, is no longer publicly addressed. But out of the question to evoke a coalition or an enlargement of the majority with Macronie. The idea has lived and even the most favorable, like Rachida Dati or Philippe Juvin, have acted on it. “The strategy is to hold a line of autonomy and not be in systematic opposition, summarizes Mr. Retailleau. Continue to make proposals, as we started to do with immigration in the spring. » Among these, Eric Ciotti cited the vote of “migration ceilings” in Parliament, asylum procedures processed outside the borders, the abolition of state medical aid (AME) or the unilateral exit from the Evian agreements on Algeria.
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