François Bayrou in the hell of Matignon

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– “He gets his feet wet”: François Bayrou in Matignon’s hell

François Bayrou already in turmoil. The new Prime Minister has barely had time to set down his bags at Matignon when, already, many hot issues are waiting for him on the table. After receiving first, the RN who said to himself “listen” and greeted a “more positive method” that previously, the PS refused to validate a “non-censorship agreement”. “The echoes are catastrophic, on all benches”said a Macronist collaborator to franceinfo.

Even though a crisis meeting on Mayotte, bloodless after the passage of Cyclone Chido, was held on Monday December 16 under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron, François Bayrou chose to participate by videoconference, preferring to fly to Pau to chair the municipal council of the city of which he is mayor. A “political misconduct”according to the local opposition in Pau, which did not fail to arouse the national ire of many elected officials, on the left but not only. “It’s mind-blowing. Especially after he left the press conference,” said a counselor.

“It was catastrophic”

“I wouldn’t have done anything like him. I would have gone directly to Mayotte. He gets tripped up on his way to Pau.”confided a close friend of François Bayrou at franceinfo. Subsequently, the head of MoDem made a new mistake, declaring that “it is not customary for the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic to leave the national territory at the same time.” An exit criticized by the opposition who recalled that Mayotte is a French department. “It was catastrophic, we expected him to prepare a little better for the exercise,” blows an LR deputy.