He wanted to put an end to the speculation. The President of the Senate Gérard Larcher, whose name is circulating as a possible head of government, assured Tuesday June 4 during a group meeting with the senators Les Républicains (LR), that he did not wish “to be the Prime Minister of ‘Emmanuel Macron,’ participants told AFP.
“I want to silence today a certain number of rumors whose origins we know and intended to weaken our camp on the eve of the European elections,” he affirmed, ensuring that his commitment alongside the head of the list LR François-Xavier Bellamy is “total”.
According to the same sources, the President of the Senate not only committed to continuing his “task in an institution which remains the only counter-power of the Republic”, but he threatened to call on LR deputies to vote on a motion of censorship at the start of the school year “if the 2025 budget is in the same vein as that of 2024”, as L’Express reported a few days ago.
Gérard Larcher, however, recognized that exceptional circumstances could alter this analysis. “To be definitively clear: yes in a crisis, if there were to be a crisis, the decision belongs to the President of the Republic. I am only observing what the Constitution provides,” he said.
“I am not asking for anything”
In a recent interview with AFP, the President of the Senate stressed “that we will have to provide a response” after the European elections, fueling speculation on the idea of a coalition between the right and the majority .
These declarations have further revived the rumors that would see him access Matignon, even if the boss of the Senate has deep differences with Emmanuel Macron, since he hardly enjoys his practice of power, just like his disinterest towards the deterioration of public finances. “Everyone is buzzing about secret meetings. Since March 7 (Editor’s note: the date of his last interview with Emmanuel Macron), there have been none. I am not asking for anything,” Gérard also said The Archer. As reported by L’Express, the dinner of March 7 between the President of the Republic and the President of the Senate did not appear on the official agenda of the Head of State. That evening, Emmanuel Macron put his foot down: “Would you be ready to go to Matignon?” he asked. The answer is now known.