Thierry Beaudet, President of the EESC, the new path for the post of Prime Minister

While the President of the Republic began a new cycle of consultations on Monday morning, receiving the former socialist Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve at 9 a.m., then the President of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand, the hypothesis of an appointment to Matignon of Thierry Beaudet, President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), was raised by several sources on Monday.

If this were to be true, Emmanuel Macron, who has believed since July 7 that no one won or lost the legislative elections, and has noted that the political parties have not been able to form a coalition since then, would therefore choose to turn away from a politician in favor of a figure from civil society. Thierry Beaudet, former president of the National Federation of French Mutualism, known to be close to the social partners, chairs the chamber that hosted the two citizens’ conventions (on climate and end of life) initiated by the head of state. This trained teacher, close to the left, took a position in June in The Tribune against a possible rise to power of the National Rally.

According to our information, the Elysée has already found a chief of staff for the next prime minister: Bertrand Gaume, 49, prefect of the North. This senior civil servant with a meteoric career, previously prefect of Essonne and Vaucluse, who worked for the General Directorate of External Services (DGSE), had already been tipped in July 2023 to replace Aurélien Rousseau at the head of Elisabeth Borne’s office. Coming from an old family from Arcachon (Gironde), Bertrand Gaume is also, in the private sector, one of the best friends of the former socialist Benoît Hamon, whose chief of staff he was in 2012 at the Ministry of Social and Solidarity Economy. A position where he probably met Thierry Beaudet, at the time president of the Mutuelle générale de l’Education nationale. Contacted by The Worldthe Elysée did not confirm these hypotheses.