On the left wing of the presidential majority, four deputies from the En Commun party led by Barbara Pompili on Thursday became simple “related” to the Renaissance group in the Assembly, a “clarification” which gives them more “latitude” according to them. .
“We will no longer be called Renaissance and that gives us more latitude to express our nuances”, explained to AFP Mireille Clapot, whose change of situation appears in the Official Journal, alongside those of Barbara Pompili, Cécile Rilhac and Stella Dupont.
Also evoking a “logic of clarification”, Ms. Dupont insisted on the fact that with her colleagues, she remained “a member of the majority”.
“This does not change anything about their participation in the life of the group, or even the responsibilities which may be theirs”, reacted the Renaissance group, stressing that it is “normal” that they are related.
Indeed, “In Common has not merged within the Renaissance political party”, unlike LREM, Territories of Progress or even Agir, we added.
In Common claims to carry a “political project of ecological, social, democratic and united transformation”.
The decision to pass “related” was taken at the beginning of the year, and materialized on purpose after the debates on the pension reform, said Ms. Dupont. The formalization this Thursday, on the eve of the decision of the Constitutional Council on pensions, is “a coincidence of the calendar”, supported Cécile Rilhac.
The four deputies had voiced their doubts about the pension reform. The former minister Barbara Pompili had planned to abstain on the government text finally adopted via the weapon of 49.3.
Ms. Pompili recently signed the petition launched by L’Humanité in support of the League for Human Rights (LDH), the target of criticism from Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
Environmental MP Benjamin Lucas reacted on Twitter on Thursday: “Barbara Pompili and her colleagues seem to perceive that there is nothing more to be gained with Emmanuel Macron. Lucid”, according to him.
The Renaissance group in the Assembly has 170 deputies, including now 9 relatives – elected members of the Radical Party are also members.
04/13/2023 13:19:29 – Paris (AFP) – © 2023 AFP
