Élisabeth Borne “does not believe” in a central bloc primary until David Lisnard

Former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne said Tuesday in an interview with Le Parisien that she did not believe in a central bloc primary that would go as far as the very right-wing candidate David Lisnard. “I absolutely do not believe in a primary of the central bloc until David Lisnard who, for his part, wants the union of the rights (alliance between the right and the extreme right, editor's note) and eliminate the center”, affirms the Renaissance MP in Le Parisien.

She says she is “convinced that we must rather bring together the reformist left and the moderate right”. “We are not a supporting force for the right. To accept this primary would be to betray the center,” she believes. If the candidate and president of the Republicans Bruno Retailleau or David Lisnard “won such a primary, I would not support him”. The presidential election candidate David Lisnard defended himself on Sunday from wanting to govern with the RN, even if he said he preferred to vote for Marine than for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and pleaded for a primary going from the center-right to Sarah Knafo (Reconquest!).

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We “must hear the demands” of high school students

The former Minister of National Education also considers that “we must hear the demands” of high school students, who are subjected in particular to “enormous stress” when they have to find their way. In particular, it proposes a “temporary allowance” of 500 euros per month, “for up to one year, for any young graduate in difficulty, subject to conditions of resources and active job search”, which could be accompanied by “maintenance of student rights, such as access to a university restaurant”.

She also suggests giving young people “the opportunity to resume training, particularly after their first job” via credits to the personal training account (CPF). “Young people are right to alert us because we prefer to let health and pension expenses slide, to the detriment of the new generation,” maintains the former tenant of Matignon. According to her, the high school students' movement reflects "great dismay" and could have been triggered by "the brutal ban on cell phones in high schools, which deserves to be questioned."