“I am tempted by Bordeaux”

After leaving the government, the former Minister for Public Accounts intends to devote himself fully to his second mandate as “Together for the Republic” deputy for the first constituency of Gironde. Before delving into the 2026 municipal campaign where the Bordelais intends to propose an alternation to the outgoing environmentalist mayor.

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He could have been bitter, bitter at having left his post in the middle of the ford. Minister of Public Accounts for a few months, from July 2023 to last September, Thomas Cazenave worked on a savings plan for a very indebted country: “I have no bitterness, because this is not a reshuffle, but a new political chapter. And I am not one of those who cling to power ».

But Thomas Cazenave remains an attentive observer of national political life. And not simply because he may have felt concerned by the country’s deficit for having been in charge of its public accounts. “We made the choice to protect the French, so we spent a lot. (…) We will reduce the deficit through savings, that is the meaning of the work that I carried out until the last day.”

I had already noted a very difficult situation in public finances.
Thomas Cazenave
Sunday in Aquitaine politics

The first steps of the Barnier government? “ I am a free deputy. There is no blank check. We will judge on documents based on the actions and decisions that will be taken ».

One eye at the National Assembly, another in Bordeaux. A year and a half before the municipal elections, the candidate beaten by Pierre Hurmic in 2020 is working on his succession. He will not say (yet?) that he intends to lead a central bloc union list with the Republicans, discussions are beginning, but he is undermining the environmentalist mayor’s record. “In terms of security, cleanliness, public services, etc. I see a decline coming after four years.”