LE PEN GOVERNMENT. In the race to become President of the Republic, Marine Le Pen claims to be surrounded enough to form a government. Who would be its prime minister? Which personalities could govern at his side? First elements.
While the Marine Le Pen President of the Republic option cannot be completely ruled out, unlike in 2017, with whom would the National Rally candidate govern if she were to win the second round of the 2022 presidential election and gain access at the Elysee? The question remains as the party to the flame has never seen one of its elected officials win a higher function than that of mayor, deputy or senator. Departmental and regional advisers are installed here and there in various territories of France, without further responsibilities, while a few mayors stamped RN run certain municipalities, but only one of more than 100,000 inhabitants (Louis Alliot in Perpignan). So, who could enter the government if Marine Le Pen is elected? Naturally, the candidate wants to be reassuring on the subject and affirmed to the Figaro have “no worries about my ability to form three governments if necessary.” But then with whom? As when Emmanuel Macron arrived at the head of the country in 2017, she too could bring to the fore the political scene a certain number of personalities today unknown to the general public, while some members of her public entourage could be rewarded with a ministerial office.
Which Prime Minister for Marine Le Pen?
Like Emmanuel Macron in 2017, Marine Le Pen agitates the old and traditional promise of a reduction in the number of ministers if she were to become President of the Republic. “I want 15 ministers,” she told the Figaro, adding to reflect on setting up “secretaries of state to whom specific missions will be assigned for six months.” His prime minister? She says she has it in mind, but “no one will answer you”, she evacuated on France Inter, April 12. Very few names have so far circulated. The representative of the RN has just dropped four surnames that could form part of her government team: Jean Paul Garraud, MEP and magistrate by training and profession (judge in high courts or even lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Poitiers), would be appointed Minister of Justice. Furthermore, the Ecology portfolio would be assigned to Herve Juvin, also MEP and regional councilor, he who spoke out against wind turbines and in favor of nuclear power, the ecological program of Marine Le Pen. The latter also cites Jordan Bardellaleader of the RN at the last Europeans and acting president of the party, or even Frank Allisio, ex-UMP passed to the RN and regional councilor in Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, as applicants for a government function. But the aspirant to the supreme function did not give any indication of the Moroccans that she could grant them.
Mayors, deputies or regional councilors in the government?
Apart from these four names, Marine Le Pen remains mysterious about the men and women who could surround her to govern the country. “Around me, there are very high quality people (mayors, regional councilors…)”, she simply retorted on France Inter. Among his close entourage, personalities such as the deputy Sébastien Chenu, the regional advisers Thierry Mariani, Philippe Vardon, Hervé Fabre-Aubrespy (past by the cabinets of the ministers Pasqua and Fillon), Julien Odoul, Laurent Jacobelli, Julien Sanchez, David Rachline , Philippe Vardon or even Edwige Diaz could be on the list, as well as Louis Alliot, mayor of Perpignan, or possibly Robert Ménard, that of Béziers. Among the MEPs in the RN, Philippe Olivier, a close adviser to the candidate, could also be on the “short-list”, just like Renaud Labaye, his chief of staff (trained at Saint-Cyr and HEC) or even Jean -Philippe Tanguy, deputy director of the campaign, passed by Essec and Sciences Po Paris. Before these responsibilities, the latter was in charge of establishing the “Energy” program of its leader. From there to obtaining the adequate ministry?
“Horaces”, a discreet club as a reserve of ministers?
But Marine Le Pen could pull a few surprise names out of her hat if she comes to power. “There are people you don’t know. They are senior civil servants, business leaders… Those with whom I have worked for the past five years but who preferred to remain anonymous,” she added. in Le Figaro. Understand: members of “Horaces”, this very discreet club of senior officials favorable to the ideas of the RN candidate, on whom the latter relied to build her presidential project. An organization launched by André Rougé, ex-executive at Bouygues, and in charge of the Overseas for the program of the frontist candidate. A prerogative that could turn into a ministerial post dedicated to overseas territories? If the list of members of this circle is particularly confidential, Point revealed in March that Philippe Nguyen-Cong-Duc, ex-DG of the Treasury and former Caisse des dépôts, was one of them, advising Marine Le Pen on economic issues, just like Christophe Bay, former cabinet of Jean- Pierre Chevènement and Brice Hortefeux, Roger Chudeau (former head of establishment, academy inspector, inspector general and member of the cabinet of Prime Minister François Fillon), but also a former close friend of Dominique de Villepin and the governor of the Banque de France , an ambassador or even diplomats. But these members, if they seem to be the guarantee of credibility for Marine Le Pen in her presidential quest, would not necessarily be destined to become ministers. At least, for now?