referendum, immigration… Behind the scenes of the impossible consensus between Macron and the parties

St Denisepisode 2: the series loses its breath. “The first time was innovativeremembers Hervé Marseille. There, we have the feeling of entering into something more usual. To listen to the leader of the Centrists in the Senate, the “major political initiative” of Emmanuel Macron, announced with great fanfare in Le Figaro Magazine this summer, this time would have transformed into a simple “seminar”. “It was a day of work, full of exchanges and now, I am happy to go home”, he blurted out, after ten long hours spent behind closed doors. It must be said that the casting of the day had lost in quantity compared to that of the start of the school year: the president of the Republicans (LR) Éric Ciotti, the boss of the Socialist Party (PS), Olivier Faure, and the coordinator of France insoumise ( LFI), Manuel Bompard, had opted for the empty chair. Lepenist Jordan Bardella came out apparently jaded from this “work meeting”. The president of the National Rally (RN)…