A farewell Council of Ministers. Emmanuel Macron, as he should, thanked Michel Barnier this Wednesday, during the final weekly meeting of this government which fell under a motion of censure last week.
But the president also took the opportunity to settle some scores by talking again about the “anti-republican front” that he had denounced in his speech last Thursday, targeting by this term the alliance of circumstance between the parties of the New Popular Front (NFP) and of the National Rally (RN).
“It is important that the French understand that there are consequences to censorship,” insisted the head of state to the ministers, according to our information, before unchecking: “The socialist elected officials, and some had eminent responsibilities, will have difficulty explaining to their voters that they mixed their votes with the RN and LFI. » Not named, but targeted, François Hollande, who assures us this Wednesday morning in our columns of not regretting having censored Barnier.
“He gave him a big shot,” breathes an executive advisor. It is all the more notable that this attack on the ex-president, and more broadly on the PS, strangely comes at a time when Emmanuel Macron precisely needs to cajole the party with roses. Which one is, his First Secretary Olivier Faure showed this Wednesday morning on BFMTV, determined to increase the pressure and the stakes.
“There is no broader base at this stage,” he admitted during the Council of Ministers, after his meeting the day before with the leaders of all parties except RN and LFI. “The meaning of the discussions we are having is to see if a broader base or if a non-censorship agreement is possible,” added the tenant of the Élysée. But for that, it’s arithmetic, Emmanuel Macron needs the socialists…
