The day after his appointment, François Bayrou began his consultations on Saturday, December 14 with a view to forming a government with the presidents of Parliament and personalities from the economic world. The new Prime Minister must also meet this weekend with the heads of parliamentary groups, whom he will then receive at the start of the week in Matignon. The formation of a government, its first challenge, could well turn into a headache. The discussions promise to be lively around the case of Bruno Retailleau: the resigning Minister of the Interior crystallizes the annoyance on the left, while the influential Gérard Larcher, on the right, wants him to be reappointed.
Information to remember:
⇒ Gérard Larcher wants Bruno Retailleau to remain Minister of the Interior
⇒ Olivier Faure is ready for censorship in the event of a new immigration law
⇒ François Bayrou says he will be “a full-fledged Prime Minister”
Gérard Larcher wants Bruno Retailleau to remain Minister of the Interior
In an interview with La Tribune SundayPresident LR of the Senate pleads for his party colleague Bruno Retailleau to be reappointed to the Ministry of the Interior. In just over two months at the ministry, the former boss of senators LR has “given impetus, shown that there was a political will to act and respond to the expectations of the French on sovereign issues”, he believes. he, adding that the minister appeared during this period “as the strong man” of Michel Barnier’s government. “We need continuity in public action and I ask that he be reappointed to the Ministry of the Interior to pursue the policy that the French expect and that France needs,” says Gérard Larcher. The resigning Minister of the Interior went to Matignon on Friday evening for a meeting with François Bayrou to talk about “security”, including that of the Pope in Corsica on Sunday, or the situation in Mayotte, swept away by a cyclone SATURDAY.
Gérard Larcher also asks the new head of government for “a road map that will help unblock the situation and bring together all those who place France above their personal future.” “The Prime Minister will have to confront everyone with their responsibilities”, believes the President of the Senate who spoke on Saturday with François Bayrou in Matignon, believing that the current crisis “requires going beyond, provided that this is done with clarity and without denial.”
Olivier Faure ready to censor in the event of a new immigration law
The very right-handed profile of Bruno Retailleau, precisely, crystallizes the annoyance on the left. In an interview with Parisianthe boss of the PS Olivier Faure warned that he would censure the government if it presented a new immigration law, taking up the provisions rejected by the Constitutional Council in the previous one, as proposed by Bruno Retailleau. Asked whether the minister can be reappointed, Olivier Faure replies: “He can. Should he? No.”
The president of the group of LR deputies, Laurent Wauquiez, reacted strongly to this interview: “What Olivier Faure threatens to censor is above all the popular will. The French overwhelmingly expect our country to regain control in matters of “immigration and we need Bruno Retailleau to be able to pass a new law to restore order at our borders”, he wrote on X.
Macronist MP Charles Rodwell estimated on the same network that “by refusing any discussion on immigration, Olivier Faure confirms his worrying blindness”. “François Bayrou and our coalition cannot give in to this whim,” said the MP belonging to the right-wing Renaissance.
François Bayrou says he will be “a full-fledged Prime Minister”
François Bayrou will be “a Prime Minister of full exercise and complementarity” with Emmanuel Macron, assured the new head of government in La Tribune Sunday. “The relationship with the president is first and foremost a personal relationship. He is a man whose audacity and courage people may not realize. There is nothing simpler for me than to work with him,” explains the new head of government. “I will be a Prime Minister of full exercise and complementarity. Those who want to write the story of a clash between the Élysée and Matignon will be denied,” he continues.
The president of MoDem was appointed Friday in Matignon after a morning of hesitation. The head of state had first notified his oldest ally of his intention to appoint Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu to Matignon, before appointing François Bayrou a few hours later. “You are President of the Republic, you have to choose a Prime Minister in particularly difficult times; it is normal that you take the time to examine all the options and their consequences,” explains the new Prime Minister.
The head of government intends to propose to the president a government composed of experienced personalities. “We must invent an authority that the French understand, in which they recognize themselves and where they know that they will have their place,” he explains. In Matignon, “we must never forget that we are passing through. Even if it can last…”, declares François Bayrou. The Prime Minister is due to meet this weekend with the heads of parliamentary groups, whom he will then receive at the start of the week in Matignon.