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This Thursday, December 19, the Prime Minister continued consultations in Matignon with the parties to form a government team “before Christmas”. Without really convincing, especially on the left.
François Bayrou clings to his promise to form a government “before Christmas”. As for his hope of coaxing the political parties invited Thursday afternoon to Matignon, it smells like a tree. Coming out of a two and a half hour meeting with the Prime Minister, the left leaders said to themselves “quite dismayed” for the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure, even “very worried”, for the environmentalist boss Marine Tondelier, with this “little warning cry” : “This is not going to end well.”
Ensuring, Thursday evening on France 2, the after-sales service of his initiative, Bayrou calls for unity. “We can’t get through this if we’re not together. Everyone is speculating about chaos. We have to try and I believe we can do it.” he dangles, while warning: “If we don’t succeed, it’s the last station before the cliff.” Alarmist and nevertheless optimistic, the Prime Minister, by opening the exchange at Matignon, had tried to recruit the party leaders present – all were invited, except RN and LFI – into his team. Failing this, he asked them to reveal their arrangements, by this Friday, December 20, mentioning “three circles” : “Those who agree to participate in