The majority party officially becomes Renaissance and elects Stéphane Séjourné as its leader – Le Monde

Stéphane Sejourné, new secretary general of the Renaissance party, here in Paris on September 17. JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP Unsurprisingly, the members of the party of the presidential majority ratified, Saturday, September 17, the new name of their formation, Renaissance, and elected the European deputy Stéphane Séjourné to take the lead. The president of the Renaissance MEPs was the only candidate to take over from Stanislas Guerini, now minister. The results of this vote of some 25,000 members, which was spread over two days, were announced at the start of the evening, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne. Activists approved 83% of the new leadership, 87% of the new party statutes and 96% of the body of values ​​drawn up at the end of August. “Unity and overcoming is what I want to give this evening,” said Emmanuel Macron in a video broadcast at the carousel, where the congress was taking place. “We were able to reconcile so many women and men who until then did not work together” and “it is united and gathered that we are going to open a new chapter in the political life of our country”, also declared the head of the state. But “without unity, the extremes will prevail”, nevertheless warned Emmanuel Macron, now honorary president of Renaissance. Present on the spot, Elisabeth Borne once again pleaded for the political “overcoming” between the right and the left advocated by the Head of State. “I will also be there to ensure the unity of the majority” which “will only succeed if it is based on its three pillars”, also said the Prime Minister in reference to Horizons, the party of Édouard Philippe, present in the Carrousel, and François Bayrou’s MoDem who, expected, was absent. Read also: Pension reform: François Bayrou warns the executive against any “forced passage” Specify the macronist line Thought to accommodate many parties, Renaissance was reduced, on arrival, to a merger between La République on the move and two satellites: the micro-parties Territories of Progress, led by Minister Olivier Dussopt (labour), and Agir, led by Franck Riester (relations with Parliament). Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Macronists are still seeking a clear political line The two other majority formations, the MoDem and Horizons, are not part of Renaissance, even if they consider themselves allies of the majority. The environmental movement of the left wing of the majority, In common, embodied by former minister Barbara Pompili and former deputy Hugues Renson, did not wish to be integrated either. On the substance, the structuring of the presidential party should help to clarify the Macronist line: turning the page of La République en Marche, described internally as a simple sounding board for the presidential speech, Renaissance intends to organize Macronist thought around a charter of values ​​and ideological reflections led by the tenant of Bercy, Bruno Le Maire, defector of the Republicans. Read the column: Article reserved for our subscribers “Macronism, a fluctuating course, according to circumstances” Le Monde