(Finance) – French President Emmanuel Macron chooses the centrist Francois Bayrou as new prime ministertasking him with forming a government. The Elysée announced it today, breaking the delay of the last two days.
Bayrou, 73 years old, he is leader of MoDem, the largest center party in Franceand has been a strong supporter of Macro since the first election campaign, although he has not kept quiet about some disagreements on specific issues. According to sources close to the Elysée, the long conversation held this morning between the two was rather tense.
Macron was just returned to France from the mission in Poland and his first act, upon returning home, was to appoint the new prime minister after former commissioner Barnier was given a no-confidence vote from Parliament on the financial tears and blood. A mistrust that has thrown the country into chaos, due to the lack of a parliamentary majority and the impossibility of forming a government.
Now we’ll have to see if the French parliament accepts Bayrou’s nomination or if it will challenge him a priori. Jordan Bardella, president of National RallyMarine Le Pen’s party, said that “there will be no a priori distrust” against Bayrou, but “the red lines” of the party “remain the same”https://www.Finance.it/DettaglioNews/175_2024-12-13_TLB/.”The new prime minister – he added – must take the new data into consideration political, which makes dialogue necessary” with all political forces. But the party leader Marine Le Pen stated that “an extension of Macronism”, “it can only lead to impasse”.
And on the other hand, the left is also not happy with Bayrou’s appointment. Mathilde Panot, director of La France Insoumise by Jean-Luc Mélenchonannounces that he will immediately present “a motion of no confidence”. Also Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the Communist Party Frenchman speaks of “bad news” and urges “a change of political direction, respect for Parliament and a government that does not place confidence” in passing the laws.