Overview
- In a new interview, LR parliamentary leader Laurent Wauquiez urges an end to infighting and signals openness to working with party president Bruno Retailleau.
- He rejects supporting a no-confidence motion, warning it would create chaos and impose a major cost on the country.
- Retailleau’s line of supporting the government without joining it was weakened as six LR figures accepted posts in the Lecornu II cabinet, including Vincent Jeanbrun and Annie Genevard.
- Wauquiez outlines budget goals focused on curbing welfare dependency, promoting merit, and establishing a single social benefit capped at 70% of the minimum wage.
- He calls for a wide primary of the right, echoing Nicolas Sarkozy’s argument that only a primary can unify a leaderless camp, with LR still divided and lacking a consensus contender.