Last hours of suspense in France. In principle, the name of the new Prime Minister, who will have the difficult task of surviving longer than Michel Barnier, will be known at the end of the day this Thursday, December 12, upon Emmanuel Macron’s return from Poland. An anticipated return, announces those around him.
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Emmanuel Macron promised Tuesday afternoon a head of government “ within 48 hours “. It’s finally this Thursday, “ rather when Emmanuel Macron returns from Poland » that the nomination should occur. This is what a source within the executive said yesterday.
The French president arrived at the end of the morning in Warsaw where he laid a wreath at the foot of the statue of General de Gaulle, who as a young captain was seconded in 1919 to Polandjust became independent again. After 1945, he was also the first Western head of state to go there, in 1967, in the midst of the Soviet glacis. Emmanuel Macron then went to the Prime Minister Donald Tusk for a bilateral meeting followed by a working lunch, dedicated to aid to Ukraine, before a meeting with the president Andrzej Duda and a visit to the Warsaw Uprising Museum.
And we learned this Thursday noon that the president will “ shorten » his visit to Poland and will return “ early evening ”, according to those around him.
Weigh internationally
If he lost control of the political situation in France Since the dissolution of the National Assembly in JuneEmmanuel Macron remains determined to exert influence on the international scene, observers note. Before this visit to Warsaw, there was the meeting with the American president-elect Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyas if to impose France and the Europeans in future negotiations.
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On the internal level, Emmanuel Macron has he made his choice for Michel Barnier’s successor? A parliamentarian close to the president admits his ignorance and believes that “ it’s the best kept secret of the Republic “.
The prediction machine
An uncertainty that restarts the prediction machine? Many signals seemed to open the way for the centrist François Bayrou. The mayor of Pau was received face-to-face by Emmanuel Macron twice in a few days. According to a participant in the meeting organized at the Élysée with party leaders, he was smiling, confident on Tuesday evening… Is he still in the race?
Are his often-mentioned competitors, Sébastien Lecornu, Catherine Vautrin, making a comeback? Or is Emmanuel Macron looking for an option more likely to satisfy the socialists with a view to a non-censorship agreement? Can the Cazeneuve hypothesis be reborn on the wire? Or could a surprise candidate emerge? The answer is in Emmanuel Macron’s head.
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