He did not meet the deadline he had announced: Emmanuel Macron had declared that he would appoint a new Prime Minister on Thursday December 12 at the latest, but it is ultimately this Friday morning that the president should make the announcement. While several hypotheses have circulated in recent days about the identity of the future tenant of Matignon, the president of the MoDem François Bayrou must be received at the Elysée from 8:30 a.m.
⇒ François Bayrou received this Friday morning at the Elysée
⇒ The new Prime Minister must be named in the morning
⇒ Emmanuel Macron returned from Poland on Thursday evening
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Emmanuel Macron will receive François Bayrou
François Bayrou, one of Emmanuel Macron’s possible choices for Matignon, will be received Friday at 8:30 a.m. at the Elysée, we learned from sources close to the consultations.
The president of Modem already spoke on the telephone Thursday evening with Emmanuel Macron who promised to appoint his new Prime Minister Friday morning.
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The Prime Minister will be appointed Friday morning, announces the Elysée
Emmanuel Macron will not meet the promised deadline: the new Prime Minister will be named Friday morning, the Elysée announced this Thursday evening. “The statement appointing the Prime Minister will be published tomorrow (Friday) morning,” said the president’s entourage, when the latter had just landed near Paris, returning from a visit to Poland.
Emmanuel Macron had initially promised to appoint the head of government on Thursday at the latest. “He is concluding his consultations,” those around him told AFP, without further explanation.