Negotiations continue on Monday, September 2, to find a new Prime Minister. After the departure of François Hollande, received at the end of the morning at the Elysée, Nicolas Sarkozy arrived around 12:15 p.m. to meet in turn with Emmanuel Macron. Xavier Bertrand, president of the Hauts-de-France region, is due to meet Emmanuel Macron in turn. He is due to be received around 3:30 p.m. at the Elysée. Follow our live coverage.
Thierry Beaudet’s lead considered “very serious”. During the day, the name of Thierry Beaudet, the current president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, was cited by several media outletslike here L’Opinionas a possible appointment to Matignon. If no name has been confirmed at this stage, this option has been considered “very serious” by a relative of the bornnegotiations, who spoke to the political service of France Télévisions.
Bernard Cazeneuve’s profile divides the left. Bernard Cazeneuve opened this new round of consultation at the Elysée Palace in the morning, after theThe socialists have displayed their divisions over the choice of a nomination other than Lucie Castets. “Bernard Cazeneuve is not supported by any of the country’s four left-wing parties”said LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard. Among the Ecologists-EELV, the hostility comes in particular from the memory of the death of activist Rémi Fraisse on the Sivens dam (Tarn), during clashes with the police in 2014, when Bernard Cazeneuve was Minister of the Interior.“I don’t know on what grounds Bernard Cazeneuve is going to speak to the president”, reacted this morning the leader of the PS, Olivier Faure, on BFMTV. “The French have asked for change, for a break with the policies led by Emmanuel Macron. We will censor any form of continuity with Macronism.”
Mathilde Panot reaffirms that LFI will censor “any government other than that of Lucie Castets”. “Mr. Cazeneuve is opposed to the program of the New Popular Front”the leader of the deputies of La France Insoumise said on France 2 on Monday. Mathilde Panot assures that LFI would vote for a censure against the former socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve. “We will censor any other government that is not led by Lucie Castets”she said.
