The Lot MP was opposed to a section of the reform, however supported by the right -wing party. The party leader, Eric Ciotti, denounced a “personal adventure” to justify this decision.
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The party leader Les Républicains, Eric Ciotti, announced on Saturday February 18, to dismiss his number 2 duties, Aurélien Pradié, openly opposed to a section of pension reform, however supported by LR.
“His repeated positions [were not] more in line with the values of coherence, unity and gathering which must guide the republican right”, justified the LR patron in a press release, denouncing an “adventure Personal “.
Already last week, the president of the Senators LR, Bruno Retailleau, had estimated in the Journal du Dimanche (JDD) that Aurélien Pradié should leave his post if he did not vote the pension reform, as he agitated the threat. To the question “Aurélien Pradié can remain number two of the party?” The Senator of Vendée assures that “if he does not vote the postponement of the legal age, no”.
Elected Lot deputy on a line of “popular right”, Aurélien Pradié requests guarantees on long careers, to the chagrin of several members of the LR party, who worried about the credibility of the Republicans if he prevented the ‘Adoption of a reform taking up many markers from the right.