Storm Warning
Tough first week at Matignon for the mayor of Pau. His plan of attack had been in place since his appointment. François Bayrou was due to return to Béarn on Monday to chair the municipal council and thus plead for a return to the accumulation of mandates in order to bring national elected officials closer to the ground. Cyclone Chido in Mayotte got the better of his dream sequence and the new Prime Minister got stuck in a first storm while choosing not to change anything in his plans. François Bayrou felt more useful in Pau with his people than in Mayotte to do after-sales service as a politician. This is a bit of ignoring the expectations of the national political arena. The euphoria has passed, welcome to the deep end.
Live the vision
How curious. François Bayrou had chosen to chair the Pau municipal council on Monday evening, at 6 p.m., and now the Élysée convened a crisis meeting on the consequences of Cyclone Chido, at the same time. The mayor and Prime Minister therefore had to make a detour to the prefecture where he attended this exchange via video. Evil tongues will observe that he should have done the opposite: go to Mayotte and attend the council by video. The chosen timetable is all the more curious as Mayotte has a time difference of two hours with the mainland. The consultation therefore took place at 8 p.m. local time, which seems very late for an emergency meeting. We see you coming, we must not see evil everywhere!
The matches, one after the other
Nice metaphor from François Bayrou to justify his desire to remain mayor of Pau: “It is not because we are selected for the French team that we can no longer play for a club. » The problem is when the matches take place at the same time… This inveterate supporter of the Section Paloise knows that duplicates exist in rugby and that they deprive clubs of their internationals, at least for the duration of a match or of a tour. The new tenant of Matignon hopes to last a season or two. You may have to choose your matches.
Paris – Province
The national press has been drumming up all week about the Prime Minister's first hazardous trip to his stronghold, while the news instead called him to Mayotte. It goes without saying that this choice leaves one wondering, even in our green and white valleys. The treatment of our colleagues is occasionally accompanied by a little music of which we never tire. In its weekly delivery cleverly titled “Bayrou already victim of the accumulation of mandals! », the “Chained Duck” laughs at the supposed little phrase from the Palois about Sébastien Lecornu: “You don't name a courier in Matignon”. The newspaper immediately asks “And a peasant from Béarn? “. The “Quotidien” program enjoyed the barbs addressed to the mayor of Pau by his own municipal council. Clever. The irony of its star presenter who swears to have been “totally caught up” by the debates and to be waiting for news of a renovation of facades, a little less.
The Blesser of Iron
We no longer remember how dear the project to reopen the Pau – Confranc line is to our Regional President Alain Rousset. Present this Monday in Oloron for the final consultation meeting prior to the line redevelopment project, the socialist continued to praise the robustness of the railway infrastructure. Speaking of the – this time certain – reopening of the RN 134 this Friday, the elected official had this slightly evangelical formula: “The railway held. She held on! I saw it, I touched it. » On the verge of consecrating the iron, it's a shame that Pessacais did not come to anoint it with a good vintage.
The return of Richard Gere
Is it really a coincidence? While François Bayrou returns to the national spotlight, Richard Gere is back on the screens. Julia Roberts' eternal playing partner returns to the cinema with “Oh, Canada”, after a long absence. Everyone here remembers that the mayor of Pau had echoed his supposed resemblance to the handsome, graying boy. It was during a television show with Karine Le Marchand. Some people wondered at the time if he was not being confused with “Richard de Ger”. Otherwise their faces, their trajectories are similar in every way.
