It’s crazy how the dissolution really clarified everything! This second five-year term is definitely like no other. The Attal government has already fallen, the European elections have barely ended when the president decides to call legislative elections. With the result that we know… And some sixty days later, here is Michel Barnier in Matignon. For how long?
Anne Hidalgo (really) wants Emmanuel Grégoire’s skin
The war of succession has begun. Anne Hidalgo, who announced to World not to run for a third term as mayor of Paris, has designated his successor: senator Rémi Féraud, one of his gunslingers. There is no question that it would be otherwise. His first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire, who announced himself as a candidate on November 18, has no longer been in Hidalgo’s favor for months and months. The unfortunate man had dared to say in 2020 in an interview with Mthe magazine of Worldthat he “wanted” to become mayor of Paris one of these days. A crime that was never forgiven. Monday, November 25, the day before the renunciation, during the lunch around Anne Hidalgo who brought together her district mayors, she put pressure on them to support her foal Feraud rather than Grégoire. “The instructions were as threatening as they were crystal clear. We have the gun to our heads,” says a guest who assures: “I will let the storm pass, then I will support Emmanuel like many others of my fellow district mayors.” When the cat is not there…
Parting gift
Before leaving the public stage, Anne Hidalgo did not forget to thank her most loyal soldiers. Yesterday anticipated as heir – before Rémi Féraud was finally appointed – the PS deputy at Paris town hall Lamia El Araaje should thus be appointed to the presidency of the board of directors of the Paris Bercy sports center which manages the major venues of the sport and music in the capital (Accor Arena, Adidas Arena and Bataclan).
Michel Barnier – Marine Le Pen, the tête-à-tête that gets people talking
At the end of their long interview on Monday, November 25, Michel Barnier, who was surrounded by the Minister responsible for Relations with Parliament Nathalie Delattre and three advisors, asked to see Marine Le Pen, who came in the company of MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy , one-on-one. The two responsible then isolated themselves for five minutes.
Danger on exes!
While Michel Barnier was leaving the TF1 set where he had just given an interview on 20 Heures, Tuesday November 26, the leader of the PS deputies Boris Vallaud met Elisabeth Borne in the corridors of the National Assembly. The conversation begins on the budget before Gabriel Attal arrives in a hurry. Ignoring the socialist, he addresses the woman who was Prime Minister just before him with an air of astonishment: “Did you hear Barnier? He wants to save money on the means of former Prime Ministers!”
Nicolas Sarkozy – François Hollande, crude humor
Two presidents side by side at the Stade de France. On November 14, the France-Israel match was soporific that François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy began to exchange jokes, to the delight of the surrounding spectators. Between yesterday’s two adversaries, the humor is teasing, but the laughter is hearty. And Sarkozy proclaims to everyone: “The match is a draw, but I would have made a friend!” Five minutes from the end, he disappears and calls on his successor to follow him: “Are you coming, François?” Hollande pretends to follow suit… only to immediately sit down next to Emmanuel Macron. “Coward!”, says Sarkozy. It will take a little more to make them brothers in arms.
Gabriel Attal: running faster than Bruno Retailleau
“We are going to overtake Bruno Retailleau, who makes wind with his arms but does little”: it is a close friend of Gabriel Attal who says it, the EPR group is not going to remain inert on the regal terrain. Two initiatives are planned: in January, EPR deputies will request an evaluation of the 2021 law on separatism; the former Prime Minister will undertake a European tour on the theme of immigration and will take advantage of his status to have several high-level meetings.
Eric Piolle’s request
Nicolas Daragon, the delegate minister responsible for daily security, who wants to conclude a Beauvau of the municipal police by March 31, 2025, was surprised to have a request for a meeting from Eric Piolle. The environmentalist mayor of Grenoble is often criticized for the way in which he addresses the problems of insecurity in his municipality. The two men know each other, being elected from the same region – Daragon, close to Laurent Wauquiez, remained mayor of Valence when entering the government.
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