This second five-year term like no other is far from over, yet 2027 and its cohort of putative candidates are already moving forward. This last reshuffle with Gabriel Attal at its head – and that puts Rachida Dati back in the saddle – is a new turning point. Behind the scenes, some are learning to dodge tripping, others are familiarizing themselves with the art of conspiracy, in short, everyone is preparing for the post-Emmanuel Macron era with rigor and determination. The L’Express political department offers to help you follow, thanks to a weekly meeting on our websitethe progress of those ambitious people who hope to climb, quickly and without injury, the steps of power.
The secret project of a Bercy cut in two
Among the major presidential projects for the famous “reset” at the beginning of the year, there was one which concerned Bercy. Emmanuel Macron had in mind to split the Ministry of Economy and Finance into two large ministries. One bringing together production and agriculture, which he hoped to entrust to Julien Denormandie, former Minister of Agriculture, if he did not land in Matignon, and the other bringing together finances and public accounts . An ambition abandoned in the face of Bruno Le Maire’s desire to keep his position and keep it as is.
Bellamy was right
A few months ago, François-Xavier Bellamy told Valérie Hayer… that she would be a very good head of the Renaissance list for the Europeans. And the worst part is that he thought it: “She doesn’t irritate anyone, it wouldn’t be the best option,” confided the LR manager. This Thursday, Hayer officially becomes the driving force of the Macronists for the election.
This crazy gesture from Macron
They could not believe their eyes or their ears. At the end of last week, agricultural leaders were accompanied to the steps of the Elysée by Emmanuel Macron, at the end of their meeting. The president assures them that he will be able to put an end to the crisis – and he accompanies his words with a snap of his fingers. The following Saturday, at the Agricultural Show, the situation will deteriorate…
Le Pen snubs Attal
During his consultations just after his appointment to Matignon, Gabriel Attal received Jordan Bardella alone – while Eric Ciotti, for example, came accompanied by the presidents of the parliamentary groups. Marine Le Pen had declined Matignon’s invitation. Already, at the end of Elisabeth Borne’s government, the president of the RN group in the Assembly had sent the message to the Prime Minister: see with Bardella, not with me…
Hollande does not want a “tearful” left
Tuesday evening, over a drink to celebrate the release of the book Far from the cities, far from the heart. Does the left want to return to the countryside? (L’Aube, Fondation Jean Jaurès) by Rémi Branco, former advisor to the socialist five-year term, François Hollande called on the left not to be “mourning”. “It’s the right that is tearful. It always whines, says that we are unhappy, mistreated, forgotten. This is what favors the extreme right,” said the former President of the Republic. Some even saw it as a barely disguised criticism of the rebellious François Ruffin. Hollande took the opportunity to defend Raphaël Glucksmann’s list for the European elections, criticized for its lack of social representation by a number of socialists. “They say that there are no workers on the list, but there are no more farmers, the former Elysée was surprised. A list is not made up of socio-professional categories but with women and men who have the same commitment, the same aspirations, despite their social origins. The role of the left is to bring people together.”
Marshal and abortion in the Constitution: not the priority
The passage was very necessary. After fishing a trout weighing several kilos in Sologne with her bare hands, Marion Maréchal went to take a look at the Agricultural Show. Between two calves, the head of the Reconquête list (Eric Zemmour’s party) for the European elections took the opportunity to give her point of view on the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution, not a priority according to her. And added: “The Constitution is not a legal gadget which is there to please some small politicized minority.”
Vallaud, Attal’s dog and the doghouse
On February 5, in the middle of the hemicycle while Boris Vallaud was speaking from the podium about the fate of workers, Gabriel Attal showed a photograph of his black puppy to his ministers. The leader of the PS deputies is not known to hold grudges, but he did not digest the lack of respect from the Prime Minister. In its parliamentary niche (day during which deputies have control of the agenda), the PS presents this Thursday, February 29, a resolution recognizing the responsibility of the State in the chlordecone scandal in the Antilles. A worrying text for Matignon, and we made a phone call to the boss of the PS deputies to try to take the temperature on the chances of success of the resolution. Boris Vallaud’s bloody response: “We have a majority to vote for the resolution, that the Prime Minister continues to take care of his dog.”
Blanquer takes up the pen
He was the longest serving Minister of National Education of the Fifth Republic – and of a president, Emmanuel Macron, who also appointed the shortest serving Minister of Education (Amélie Oudéa-Castéra): Jean-Michel Blanquer is in the process of putting the finishing touches to a book which will be released at the start of the school year, and in which he will revisit his entire government experience.
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