The day after historic censorship, it was Emmanuel Macron who returned to the center of attention who received Michel Barnier, who had resigned, this Thursday morning before addressing the French at 8 p.m.
At the end of this interview, Michel Barnier, overthrown the day before by 331 deputies and who now holds the unenviable record of brevity in Matignon under the Fifth Republic, was charged by the Head of State with managing “current affairs until the appointment of a new government.
Information to remember:
⇒ Emmanuel Macron will address the French this Thursday at 8 p.m.
⇒ Michel Barnier is tasked by Emmanuel Macron with managing “current affairs”
⇒ Emmanuel Macron’s all-round consultations
6:00 p.m.
LR would not censor a government extended to the PS, but would not necessarily participate in it
The LR deputies decided on Thursday not to “automatically censor” a government extended to the PS, unlike an executive including the Insoumis, but without committing to participate in it, a participant in a meeting of band.
During a point organized by video in the afternoon, the head of the deputies Laurent Wauquiez presented the line of his group, adopted “unanimously” by the elected officials who participated, underlined the source. This line, which takes up the arguments presented by LR this summer before the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon, reiterates that right-wing deputies would immediately censor any government resulting from the New Popular Front (NFP) “or incorporating” LFI ministers.
5:30 p.m.
French people divided on censorship, six out of ten demand Macron’s resignation, according to a poll
The French are divided on the motion of censure of the government voted by the Assembly, but 59% demand the resignation of Emmanuel Macron, according to an Odoxa Backbone poll for Le Figaro published this Thursday afternoon.
The censorship adopted Wednesday evening is “rather a good thing” for 52% of those questioned and “rather a bad thing” for 48%, two scores whose margins of error overlap. Emmanuel Macron is also judged as “the main person responsible for the current political instability” by 46% of French people, far ahead of “all the political forces who have not managed to agree” (29%) or Michel Barnier , cited by only 4% of respondents.
5:00 p.m.
Emmanuel Macron’s all-round consultations
Emmanuel Macron had lunch this Thursday at the Elysée with François Bayrou, whose name is circulating to take over from Michel Barnier at Matignon, we learned from a source close to the leader of the MoDem, confirming information from RTL and the Parisian. The head of MoDem had previously met former socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, two of his close associates told AFP.
The President of the Republic, who received the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet at midday, also spoke at 3 p.m. with the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher.
4:00 p.m.
A “change of political course” is necessary, says Lucie Castets
The day after the Barnier government’s censorship, Lucie Castets, candidate in Matignon for the New Popular Front last summer, considered “a change of political course” necessary on Thursday.
“I tell the President of the Republic that we must recognize the result of the elections,” she insisted on the sidelines of a trip to Tours (Indre-et-Loire) devoted to public services. “I invite him to start from these observations to designate a government from the left, from the New Popular Front.” Designated by the left-wing alliance of the New Popular Front as candidate for Matignon the day after the legislative elections in July, Lucie Castets assured this time “not to make it a question of person”.
3:00 p.m.
Michel Barnier is tasked by Emmanuel Macron with managing “current affairs”
“The Prime Minister today submitted the resignation of his government to the President of the Republic who took note of it,” the Elysée said in a press release on Thursday. “Michel Barnier ensures, with members of the government, the handling of current affairs until the appointment of a new government,” the text continues.