He does not regret his silence “at all” and chose to come out of it during an interview with the Point, released on Tuesday. Laurent Wauquiez, LR president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, claims not to have “scrolled” about the pension reform, contrary to the criticisms received in his camp. The potential candidate for the next presidential election also claims to have “clearly given [sa] position “.
The president of the region had indicated during his vows at the end of January that the reform was “not the one” he would have made, while invoking a “principle of responsibility” consisting of “not opposing”. His reserve has sometimes been criticized by elected LRs, disappointed not to hear his voice when the party was torn apart over the reform.
On this subject “why not offer [aux Français] the possibility of retiring when they wish by adapting the level of pension accordingly?, wonders the elected official. Our administrative rules do everything to discourage that. “According to him Emmanuel Macron” has achieved things, but he has not stopped the decadence. And this is our challenge. »
Laurent Wauquiez believes that he must “offer something else”
“I chose to take a step back, it’s not just for pensions, but more broadly, because I think we have to put everything back on track,” he says. Before adding: “We will not be able to do it by being caught in the drum of the washing machine of the news. In this collapsing political universe, we have a duty to offer something else. »
Explaining having “learned what the loneliness of failure is”, the former president of LR, who had left office after the rout of the right in the 2019 Europeans (8.5% of the vote) assures him: “I learned to question myself, and it did me a lot of good. »