INFO LE FIGARO – This Tuesday morning, during a group meeting at the Assembly, former Prime Minister Michel Barnier took several jabs at his group president, Laurent Wauquiez.
The tension suddenly escalated. According to our information, this Tuesday morning, during the meeting of deputies from the Right Republican group, former Prime Minister Michel Barnier made several cutting remarks towards his president, Laurent Wauquiez. In the meeting room where LR deputies gather every Tuesday at the National Assembly, the two men engaged in verbal exchanges.
As usual each week, the group leader discusses various political and parliamentary topics. Themes on which all deputies can react. And as the minutes pass, friction becomes evident. Initially, when Laurent Wauquiez, while referring to the call in “La Tribune du Dimanche,” for 90 ministers and parliamentarians to support a single right and center candidate in 2027, praises it as a “good initiative” that needed support, Michel Barnier responds.
“I thank you for your support in this column which calls for…”
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