At the time some in the majority are demanding a change of foot

After the heavy defeat of the majority in the second round of the regional meeting of the UMP in the Assembly, this morning, promises to be stormy. The Minister of industry, Christian Estrosi, near of Nicolas Sarkozy, has already urged "the family" to be "cool" and "solidarity". Four issues particularly irritate the elected representatives of right.

The opening to the left. Imposed by Nicolas Sarkozy, it creates a real discontent in the ranks of the majority. "It enough!", has disposed of Christine Boutin, the President of the Christian Democratic Party, allied to the UMP. Rumours about a possible appointment of Socialist Malek Boutih to the dump, after that of Didier Migaud at the head of the Court of Auditors and Michel Charasse to the Constitutional Council have not facilitated the task of the regional candidates, stopped on the theme: "If the talents are elsewhere, why vote UMP." The departure of Martin Hirsh enough to appease the spirits Edouard Balladur himself advised Nicolas Sarkozy to separate from Bernard Kouchner.

The pace of reforms. In the majority, some would like the Executive focuses on "vital reforms. A "back to fundamentals" advocated by Jean-François Copé, the patron of UMP deputies, which evokes such pensions, employment, competitiveness, reduction of deficits and the "values of the Republic" (the first in which the fight against the full veil). As early as Sunday evening, Jean-Pierre Raffarin appealed to put an end to "the reform agitation which generates a certain anxiety." And yesterday, on Canal , he wished "a vote of confidence" to Parliament on the reforms after a "general policy speech" of the Prime Minister. "We must commit ourselves to something specific, on something very clear, not forty reforms, three or four major reforms for which we are welded," he warned. Before the second round, Alain Juppe, had also requested "a reflection on the pace of reforms", calling the lysée Palace to "correct what needs to be."

The environment. Six months after the breakthrough of environmentalists in the European, the majority had launched its campaign of the regional, end of November, on the environmental theme. Today, most officials mounting floor outlets for torpedo tax carbon, poorly perceived - them - by part of the electorate of right. The President of the UMP in the Senate group, Gérard Longuet, developed the feet in the dish before the first round, pleading for its abandonment pure and simple. Yesterday, it is Jean-François Copé that led to the postponement of the device. "The carbon tax, which was the subject of many debates in our majority, has meaning only if it is at European level", said on Europe 1.

The election strategy. Nicolas Sarkozy has imposed the union of the right, convinced that a dynamic in the first round of regional elections could help its candidates to win the second. But this strategy failed. It has not only created "frustration" heaped activists of lists, but it has deprived the majority of reserves in the second round. At the time, some, in the majority, are demanding a change of foot. "It is by a visible expression of the centrist family among the majority that we can mobilize all those and those which are diverted from the presidential majority in the regional vote," stressed Hervé Morin, the President of the new Centre.