Renaissance, a new party to reactivate macronist “surpassing” – Le Monde

Elisabeth Borne during the LRM congress and the launch of the Renaissance party, in Paris, on September 17, 2022. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD” Saturday evening September 17, supporters of Emmanuel Macron attended a double ceremony. The funeral of La République en Marche (LRM) and the baptism of their new party, Renaissance. In a symbolic place, the Carrousel du Louvre, under the pyramid where the Head of State had celebrated his first election on the evening of May 7, 2017, the results of the members’ vote were unsurprising: 87% approved the new statutes. , 96% the body of values ​​and 83% the new governance (the number of participants was not communicated). At the head of this single list, the president of the Renew group in the European Parliament, Stéphane Séjourné, therefore becomes the new secretary general of the presidential party. Its mission is first to make it exist. En Marche!, which became LRM before the 2017 legislative elections, had accompanied Emmanuel Macron in his conquest of power. But this training where you could join with a simple click never weighed. Neither on the ministers, nor on Matignon, nor on the Elysée… Saturday evening, the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, suggested that Renaissance be the “spur” of an executive confronted with multiple crises (Ukraine, energy, climate ). “We are in a period of upheaval. Seesaws, said the President of the Republic, affirmed the Prime Minister in front of most of his ministers, seated in the first row. We are determined to overcome these major upheavals, sometimes even to make them accelerators in a period when certain transformations are no longer options. “Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Macronists are still looking for a clear political line Thought by Stéphane Séjourné, in close connection with Emmanuel Macron, Renaissance is a more classic party in its organization. Even if a status of sympathizer will exist, the members will have to pay a contribution. And he aspires to fill one of the gaps in macronism: territorial anchoring. Local committees and departmental offices will be created. His mission will also be to prepare for the electoral deadlines, while remaining faithful to Emmanuel Macron’s strategy: overcoming, key theme of Saturday’s evening and cement of the macronists since 2016. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers “All the world has more latitude”: macronists at the time of emancipation Call for unity In a projected video, Emmanuel Macron wanted to express his “recognition” and his “gratitude” towards his “walkers” from the first hour. “Today and tomorrow, we need to continue the formidable political adventure of overcoming started in 2016. (…) We have been able to reconcile so many women and men who until then did not work together, and it is united and together that we are going to open a new chapter in the political life of our country”, he declared, while calling on his party to avoid divisions: “Without unity, the extremes will prevail. “If the progressive forces do not move forward together, they will lose together,” warned Stéphane Séjourné. You have 44.32% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.