At the UMP, Sarkozy goes to the art of synthesis with its new … – The World

Le Monde | 19/05/2015 at 20:49 • Updated 05/20/2015 at 0:31 | By Matthew Goar

Above all not to offend anyone to avoid offending his new rallying costume: since his return to the head of the UMP late November Nicolas Sarkozy dream Chief of a family gathered “without sect or chapels” and peacemaker of a traumatized training duels. An asset which it intends to use later, for example when unveiling his personal ambitions.

Meanwhile, this strategy turns to the puzzle. For two weeks, Nicolas Sarkozy indeed built behind the scenes the composition of the bodies of his future party Republicans. And in a party torn by the presidential stables, he has to deal with the different trends and heal his rivals. Tuesday, May 19, the UMP leaders and approved unanimously the list of the next political office that will be voted activists on 28 and 29 May before the refounding congress.

list that shows a real art of synthesis. Nicolas Sarkozy has of course kept in this instance decision its followers, including Brice Hortefeux, Henri Guaino and Nadine Morano, while back people like MEP Rachida Dati or his friend Senator Pierre Charon. But it was necessary to integrate nearby tenors. With its 29.18% in the election to the presidency of the UMP, Bruno Le Maire has successfully integrated the mayor of 9 ^th district of Paris, Delphine Bürkli, Chairman of the Board County of Eure, Sébastien Lecornu, MP of Moselle Anne Grommerch, mayor of Reims, Arnaud Robinet, while retaining its faithful, the members of The Raudière Laure, Thierry Solère and Franck Riester.

Alain Juppe strengthens him, his troops with the appointment of Senator of Bas-Rhin Fabienne Keller, the MP Savoie Hervé Gaymard, in charge of the project of the mayor of Bordeaux, or the deputy of the Marne Benoist Appeared, joining the mayor of Le Havre Philip Edward. Xavier Bertrand Francois Fillon and retain them, their support.

But this grub politician was not without its difficulties. We had to make room for these new and Nicolas Sarkozy wanted was not to antagonize the former members. He decided not to decide by renewing almost all outgoing members, even invent a new category of membership. Besides members of law (former prime ministers, chairman of the Senate), the new Politburo will increase from 60 to 80 members, which should be divided into three colleges (parliamentarians, local elected officials, representatives of federations). The president of the UMP said the college invited members, which allowed him to resettle people like Eric Ciotti or former presidents of the National Assembly Bernard Accoyer and Patrick Ollier.

This tenors also forced to curb their ambitions. For two weeks, they had proposed to the former Head of State lists of names (twenty for Bruno Le Maire, fifteen for Alain Juppé). “It was anything. Some offered us personalities clearly not at politically as their community manager [responsible social networks] “, the near critical of the president of the UMP. Tuesday morning, at a meeting with former prime ministers including Bruno Le Maire and Hervé Mariton, Sarkozy announced that they would leave room to the elders. Noting that there were only three of his relatives in the list, Alain Juppe objected. The two rivals finally agreed during a phone call and the Mayor of Bordeaux could cram six of his relatives. “Sarkozy’s clever. it restricts the space of others while not infuriating the old “, a close analysis of Bruno Le Maire.

The National inaugural board, other strategic body, served batch consolation to some close tenors such as the president of the departmental council of the Ain, the lemairiste Damien Abad, or juppéiste MEP Arnaud Danjean. “All this serves to count and reassurance psychologically. But that does not mean anything because, with the primary, political rows can move in the coming months. Some join Juppé, Mayor of other “, said the deputy of Hauts-de-Seine Thierry Solère.