Between defeat and desertion, Macronist deputies are out of breath before the summer break

The Macronists no longer have the upper hand and can no longer even count on their lifeline, "Les Républicains" (LR). At the end of this parliamentary session, they are complaining about it. Several episodes bear witness to this. Gabriel Attal, head of Renaissance, denounced on June 23 the fact that "an anti-ecological axis had formed in the Assembly and systematically voted against anything that allows us to work towards the ecological transition."

A few days earlier, the law simplifying economic life had been passed by LR and far-right deputies. Macron's supporters had spoken out against it, arguing that the amendments would lead to ecological setbacks. On June 24, deputies from the presidential camp even joined forces to...