What would politics be without its stunts, its low blows, its twisted blows, its dirty tricks…? Because, as Edouard Philippe would say, “we have to do things seriously without taking ourselves seriously”, the political service of L’Express offers to immerse you in the corridors of power thanks to a weekly meeting, every Thursday, on our website.
Kisses from Barbara
The attitude of former minister Barbara Pompili (who announced that she would not vote “as is” for the pension bill) annoys the government, but is not surprising. “She’s a queen of the balance of power, says a minister. She wants to move on, she has to negotiate something. I’m waiting to see if she’s not going to be given a mission to the government, which would have the advantage of preventing him from participating in the vote!”
Yannick Jadot? A friend of Anne Hidalgo
Yesterday, it was only a rumor: Yannick Jadot has views on the town hall of Paris. Now the rumor has become a very insistent noise. The entourage of the former environmental candidate in the presidential election barely hides it. “There are a lot of things he looks at and Paris is one of them, says one. Anne Hidalgo has said several times that she would not be a candidate for a third term and an environmentalist candidate would have full legitimacy. Comment from a loyal lieutenant of the current mayor of Paris, all smiles: “Yannick Jadot will be an excellent assistant.”
Mélenchon and Martinez: the sound is cut
Between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Philippe Martinez, the atmosphere is still at its lowest… “We haven’t talked for months”, laments the boss of the CGT. Exactly since the march against the high cost of living, organized in October by the rebellious chief, who angered the unions, starting with the Montreuil plant. And the case is not about to get better: “It’s going to be complicated… He spends his time insulting me on his blog”, confides the CGTist who has heard of the many calls between Mélenchon and Laurent Berger, the leader of the CFDT, the first trade union in France, in recent weeks. Isn’t jealousy a proof of love?
The Mayor buries LR…
Bruno Le Maire has some advice – as a friend, of course – for the leaders of the Republicans, his former party: “We cannot afford a social crisis in a period of inflation, notes the Minister of the Economy. In reality , the ball is in the court of the LR. They must realize that they are no longer a government party capable of bringing out a presidential candidate. There is a problem of mourning. They are faced with an equation more personal than political: they are blinded by their hatred of Macron. They should try to live together to benefit.”
… and the Renaissance deputies are jubilant at the idea of pissing off the Mayor
Would there be frying on the line that connects the National Assembly to the Minister of the Economy? For several months, Bruno Le Maire has been annoying several leaders of the Renaissance group and they have not hesitated to expose their pleasure in putting a pebble in the shoe of the number two in the government. Latest example with the law proposal of deputy Frédéric Descrozaille on commercial negotiations between large retailers and suppliers, little appreciated by the Mayor: “We put Bercy in total PLS (lateral safety position, editor’s note) and we are not going to stop there”, indicates one of the executives of the group.
Woerth, star of the Renaissance deputies
In the battle for pensions, the Renaissance deputies have a strong ally: Eric Woerth, who had extended the extension of the postponement of the legal age to 62 under Nicolas Sarkozy. “He is super humble and puts his experience at the disposal of the group”, greets a deputy. “Calm and intellectual elegance”, abounds another. The former Minister of Labor thus offered by email to his colleagues to “accompany them in the field or in public meetings” in order to carry out the pension reform.
Institutions: Macron does not forget Sarkozy
Is institutional reform stillborn? Emmanuel Macron has not forgotten that the last constitutional revision, that of 2008, had been voted with only one vote in advance while Nicolas Sarkozy had at the time the majority in the National Assembly as in the Senate. The balance of power today is far more unfavorable to the Head of State, hence his desire to first define a playground in order to study the field of possibilities. A three-fifths majority is required to affect the Constitution. Le Figaro indicated that Emmanuel Macron was going to receive Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande.