Evinced on Saturday after having repeatedly expressed positions against the current of his party on the pension reform, the deputy for the Lot assured prefer his “freedom of conviction to any position”.
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Aurélien Pradié, removed from his functions as a number two of the Les Républicains (LR) party, denounced, Sunday, February 19 in a press release, a decision “contrary to the requirement of the rally and the respect of all our members”.
Evinced on Saturday by the president of LR, Eric Ciotti, after having repeatedly expressed positions against the current of his party on the pension reform, the deputy of the Lot assured prefer his “freedom of conviction to a post any “. He also specified that he “remains and will remain [t] always faithful to [s] a political family”.
Now an uncompromising line, in particular on taking into account long careers, Mr. Pradié threatened not to vote for the reform under examination in the Assembly, even though the leadership of his party seemed to have concluded an agreement with the government.
“I will always refuse that the right gradually becomes the conciliatory crutch of Macronie”, still castigated Mr. Pradié on Sunday, denouncing “of the negotiations of political rear cook”. “This pension reform remains unfair and poorly prepared. Faced with government, the French expect from the Republicans of strength, justice and respect,” he added.
m. Pradié exasperated the liberal and conservative wing of the party
The elected official of the Lot, who notably demanded that a person who started working before the age of 21 does not have to contribute over 43 years to go at full rate, had ended up winning from his group Friday. “That evening, we managed to bring together all the oppositions and part of the majority behind our position. We must be proud of it,” pleaded this cantor of a “popular right”.
The “repeated positions” of Mr. Pradié were “more in line with the values of coherence, unity and gathering which must guide the republican right”, justified Mr. Ciotti on Saturday in a press release, also denouncing a “personal adventure” which “cannot replace collective action and the spirit of responsibility”.
“The only spell that counts is that of the French for whom we are engaged. Convictions, it defends itself. Relentlessly,” reacted deputy for the lot in A tweet published a few minutes after the publication of the LR press release
With his sliced positions and his sometimes rough speech, Mr. Pradié exasperated the liberal and conservative wing of the party, in particular the senators worried to see each concession on pensions unraveling a text very close to their own wishes. Its omnipresence in the media has also irritated. “We could not continue with this deplorable spectacle where clowns deputies only seek to make blows without ever working on the merits,” said the Agnès Evrenès Evnès Evnès. /p>
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m. Ciotti, who made his decision on Friday evening after surveying the group, announced his decision to Mr. Pradié by SMS, having not been able to reach him by phone.