The essentials
• Appointed Prime Minister on December 13, 2024, François Bayrou has not yet revealed his government.
• Emmanuel Macron, returned to France on Sunday morning after a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia, spoke with François Bayrou three times during the day.
• Who arrives, who leaves, who stays? The composition of the first Bayrou government will not be announced this Sunday.
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6:25 p.m. | No announcement this Sunday
François Bayrou's government will not be announced on Sunday evening, we learned from Emmanuel Macron's entourage, after new talks between the Prime Minister and the Head of State.
This source did not specify at this stage whether it would be revealed on Monday, a day of national mourning for Mayotte following the passage of Cyclone Chido. François Bayrou said he wanted to make appointments before Christmas at the latest.
6:11 p.m. | Blocking points
According to BFM TV, blocking points remain between the president and his Prime Minister regarding the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Economy and Finance. Or even on the portfolio entrusted to the president of the Hauts-de-France region, Xavier Bertrand.
5:28 p.m. | Macron will receive Bayrou “at the end of the afternoon”
Emmanuel Macron will receive François Bayrou late Sunday afternoon at the Élysée, a further sign of the imminence of the announcement of a new government, we learned in the presidential entourage.
4:46 p.m. | Who to form the government?
To protect himself from further censorship, François Bayrou is trying to attract powerful personalities to his government. The names of the former Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne or the former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin are thus mentioned to join François Bayrou's team, as is that of Xavier Bertrand, president of Hauts-de- France and figure of the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) party.
On the left, former socialist minister François Rebsamen, 73, announced in La Tribune on Sunday that he was “ready” to join the government, praising his long-standing “relationship of trust” with François Bayrou.
Among those leaving, Catherine Vautrin (Territories), Rachida Dati (Culture) and Sébastien Lecornu (Armies) should remain, probably in the same portfolios. But almost nothing filters out other personalities, particularly from the left.
4:25 p.m. | “Final adjustments” before the announcement
Emmanuel Macron and François Bayrou spoke twice on Sunday, and the Prime Minister is making “final adjustments” for the composition of the government, we learned from those close to the latter.
This same source added that the exchanges between the two heads of the executive “went well” but did not specify when the government would be announced. François Bayrou reaffirmed Thursday that he wanted to present his government “during the weekend”, “at least before Christmas”. Emmanuel Macron returned to France on Sunday morning, after a trip to Djibouti and Ethiopia.
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