After days of uncertainty, François Bayrou announced that he would not join the government, due to a lack of “deep agreement on the policy to follow”, enough to sow trouble within his party itself. The president of MoDem wants to remain “a full member of the majority” and leaves the door open to a candidacy in 2027. The announcement of the second half of Gabriel Attal’s team remains expected this Thursday. The analysis of political scientist Martial Foucault, professor at Sciences Po Paris and director of the Sciences Po Political Research Center (Cevipof).
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Refusal of François Bayrou to enter the government: “We may be seeing the beginnings of a split in the MoDem”
