These Macronists soon to arrive in Pécresse

Prisca Thévenot laughed in front of a member of the government on Tuesday. He questioned the Renaissance MP for Hauts-de-Seine, ultra-loyal to Gabriel Attal, about a rapprochement that she has been slowing down for months: that between the right and the Macronists of the Ile-de-France region. Which are still labeled “presidential majority”, that of the head of state, but it is indeed the majority of Valérie Pécresse that they should align themselves with.

These 14 elected officials from ÃŽle-de-France (in a hemicycle of 209 seats) are today registered in opposition to the boss Les Républicains de la Région. However, the Chiraquian, who has digested her bitter failure at the Élysée in 2022, is strengthening her base with a view to running again in the regional elections of 2028. Will she soon manage to absorb this small core of moderates?

« Must stop the deconnersighs one of them. We all approve of regional management, it would be logical for us to come together.” An important step took place this winter, when they voted – with the exception of the MoDem, which includes Jean-Noël Barrot, current Minister of Foreign Affairs – the 2026 budget submitted to them by Valérie Pécresse. “C’est un soutien à la politique menée”notes someone close to her. “Since then, they have been wondering: should we not go further? It will be their choice. HAS”

Despite its reduced size, this group is home to several chapels: attalists, centrists, those close to Édouard Philippe or Sébastien Lecornu like Thierry Solère, free electrons like Aurore Bergé… Everyone has their interests, many of them linked to the next presidential election. Elected in Courbevoie, Aurélie Taquillain is the one who pushes most strongly to join the LR.