Our confidential information. A lunch for the central block, Gabriel Attal keeps Renaissance…

Liaison committee meeting intended to create a bond between the formations of the central bloc as part of the presidential campaign promises to be tense this Wednesday. At the heart of this second lunch which will bring together Franck Riester (Renaissance), Christophe Béchu (Horizons), Marc Fesneau (MoDem), Hervé Marseille (UDI) and Nathalie Delattre (Radical Party), present for the first time, will be the remarks made by Gabriel Attal (photo) THURSDAY.

The Renaissance candidate for the Élysée spoke to journalists about the possible organization of a primary at the beginning of 2027 if no contender clearly stood out in the polls. His proposal caused a stir within the liaison committee, where the phone calls multiplied. “If this structure exists, it is precisely because we all agreed from the start that there would be no primary,” thus assures one of the participants. Horizons, MoDem and UDI have in fact always refused such a division method. « If there are coups de dépêches AFP que se font les discussions, à quoi un tel comité sert-il ? » adds another member, who expects a nice explanation of engraving on Wednesday.

It’s confirmed…: Renaissance will ultimately not change its name, contrary to the wishes expressed several times in recent months by Gabriel Attal. The general secretary of the Macronist party had considered renaming it “New Republic”, but he ultimately discarded this option.

 The first decision of a candidate in the presidential election cannot be to rename his party… explains a close friend of the former Prime Minister. In his team, it is the slogan “The strength to act” that we now want to put forward.

The Socialist Party is still struggling to agree on the path to follow to nominate a common candidate for the non-Melenchonist left. Its partners, who defend the idea of ​​a primary, are losing patience.  Ridiculousness does not kill physically. On the other hand, he kills politically… warned Marine Tondelier on Friday in front of a few journalists. The national secretary of environmentalists certified that she would continue to  bring unity, while waiting for everyone to come back to their senses .

The High Commission for Planning and the British Council will organize on Wednesday and Thursday a “French-British dialogue” to reflect on the relationship between Paris and London ten years after Brexit. Around twenty think tanks from the two countries will participate. Michel Barnier (photo), who was the European commissioner responsible for leading the Brexit negotiations, will open the debates. A summary of proposals will subsequently be published at the end of June to report on its work.

Ian Boucard, deputy of Les Républicains and loyalist of Laurent Wauquiez, asked to co-sign a bill that his colleague Alexandre Dufosset, elected member of the National Rally close to Sébastien Chenu, will table. The text, which aims to create an automated file of perpetrators of offenses against animals, is very consensual. The political gesture is less so. It happens that LR and RN deputies (or RN and Insoumis) defend amendments together. It is rarer for them to wear the same PPL.

This is a first: a former yellow jersey, Pascal Lino, will this summer become the driver of the famous red car of the director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme. Leader in 1992 of the Grande Boucle for eleven days, Lino will replace Gilles Maignan, called to other functions within the organization. Also a former cycling champion, Maignan has led Christian Prudhomme since taking office in 2005, at the time as deputy director.

Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière (Pas-de-Calais), Ludovic Pajot supervises the RN senatorial campaign with meager resources. The young ex-MP has a back-up office at party headquarters and a collaborator loaned by Lepénist senator Christopher Szczurek. This ballot does not require the same system as legislative ones, but in September it will raise a major challenge for the far right: to accumulate at least 10 seats in the Senate and thus be able to form a group there, while managing the balance with the ambitious UDR by Eric Ciotti.