Will Bruno Retailleau keep his place in the future government? During a meeting of LR parliamentarians this Thursday, October 2, the party leader and the Interior Resignation Minister represented his conditions for possible maintenance of his troops in the government team, which Sébastien Lecornu seeks to train.
Bruno Retailleau was received by the Head of Government this afternoon. In the Menu of Discussions, the composition of the Government, expected for almost a month after the appointment of Sébastien Lecornu on September 9.
For Laurent Wauquiez, “the account is not there” in immigration
But the participation of the Republicans “is not acquired at all,” said Bruno Retilleau in Le Figaro. The participants in the meeting tell BFMTV that the president of the Republicans is “concerned with the tax increases provided for in the 2026 budget” and the “requests for requests on the issue of visas.”
The latter still lists “two, three points” in which “the account is not there.” “According to the budget, there is no precision in the fall in expenses,” observes Bruno Retailleau. The latter also deplores that “there is nothing in immigration.”
“I ask the interior to have your hands throughout the visa policy, advances on state medical assistance and the crime of irregular stay,” explains the renuncant minister. “Nothing there,” he laments.
Bruno Retailleau, who states that his training “must claim a third” of the government’s composition, also warns that Republicans “will not be able to commit if the project does not change.” “We expect a written document tomorrow night. We will decide accordingly,” he said before his troops combined in videoconference, according to BFMTV participants.
The same story for deputies leader LR Laurent Wauquiez. The latter shares the observation that “in the immigration aspect, the account is not there.” A criteria criterion for him. “If that does not evolve, we should not participate” in the government, according to Laurent Wauquiez.
The announcement of the Sébastien Lecornu government is imminent. The Prime Minister will pronounce his general policy statement at the beginning of the week for which his team will have to form. Therefore, the participation of the Republicans is far from assured. But the prime minister will still need his voices if they want to see his budget project to adopt 2026.
Source: BFM TV
