NKM wants to “maintain independence of expression” in the … – Le Monde

Le Monde | 02/06/2015 at 17:21 • Updated 06/02/2015 at 5:44 p.m. | By Alexandre Lemarié

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet finally managed to save his place in the party leadership Republicans (LR) chaired by Nicolas Sarkozy. According to a statement of the party, published Tuesday, June 2, the member for the Essonne remains number 2, to delegated Vice-Chairperson. But it will take care of most of the party project, which inherits the former Minister Eric Woerth

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NKM and Sarkozy managed to find agreement in a meeting one-on-one Tuesday morning. The problem is that everyone is not doing the same interpretation. According to the entourage of the former head of state, is committed to NKM more “group play” and not to express positions contrary to the party chairman. Which no longer bear to be regularly contradicted by his former spokesman, whether on the opportunity to organize a day of reflection on Islam or on the “neither-nor” during the by-election of Doubs. At the point he even suggested that she was on the spot

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NKM, it has a completely different frame of reference. One that embodies a moderate line in the party, in contrast to that, right handed, Laurent Wauquiez, ensures its maintenance in the management does not limit provided his freedom of speech. “I definitely want to keep my self expression and I wish to continue to defend a political line which, I know, is not necessarily the majority party line” , she says in World . “The party, this is not a fire, it is a space for debate and action” , she had already warned Saturday in his speech at the UMP convention Refoundation .

freedom of speech that it intends to use in view of its likely candidate for the primary right for the presidency, in November 2016. In the coming months, it intends to do more ground in engaging fully in the campaign for regional elections in December 2015. One way to launch his campaign for the primary, while giving the impression of collective play.