against the text, the rebellious Aurélien Pradié annoys at LR

Republicans are still divided on pension reform. Among the protesters, Aurélien Pradié who still says he is dissatisfied with the concessions obtained by the right. But the position of the deputy of Lot annoys more and more internally. The party’s first strategic council since Eric Ciotti’s new presidency, held on Tuesday, was an opportunity to say things “as a family” and to say “stop” to Aurélien Pradié, accused of not keeping his commitments.

“We do Le Pen less well”

“If we always question what we get, we won’t achieve anything”, annoys Olivier Marleix on Tuesday in a group meeting. The measures defended by the member from the North are deemed too costly. “The right is inventing 10 billion in unfunded expenditure. We are doing Le Pen less well”, tackles Éric Ciotti in the strategic committee. A position supported by many executives who question the technical skills of Aurélien Pradié, suspected of having miscalculated his proposals. “He doesn’t care, he plays politics”, comments, disillusioned, one of his colleagues.

Aurélien Pradié increasingly isolated

Aurélien Pradié is more and more isolated, but he does not budge. He says he is ready to defend his vision, “to wipe off the contempt and condescension of his political family”. A split within the Republicans, a consequence, according to some, of the lack of work done upstream of the reform.

“There should have been preparatory meetings to clarify our position,” says a deputy. A criticism that several thinking heads of the party put into perspective, convinced that the pension reform will be well adopted thanks to a majority of LR deputies.

Gérard Larcher issues an ultimatum to rebellious MP Pradié

For his part, the President LR of the Senate Gérard Larcher, who considers the pension reform “necessary”, issued an ultimatum on Wednesday to the rebellious deputy of his party Aurélien Pradié, calling on him to vote the text “if he really feels of our political family”. “I tell Aurélien Pradié that he belongs to a political family which has defined a certain number of values ​​among them work, inter-generational solidarity (and) control of public accounts”, declared the senator on France Inter.

“If he really feels part of our political family, well he must at some point make the decision to pass the law,” insisted Mr. Larcher, calling on the deputy to support the postponement of the legal age of departure to the retirement at 64 that LR “has been offering for four years” in the Senate. “A pension reform is never popular, but it is necessary to preserve one of the pillars of our social model,” said the senator.