While the search for a prime minister seems insoluble, the former President of the Republic considered on Wednesday evening that the “hesitations” of his successor pose “a problem in the management of the country”.
Did François Hollande give Emmanuel Macron advice during their meeting on Monday at the Élysée? If the former President of the Republic, guest on the show on Wednesday evening «Daily»did not elaborate on the content of their exchanges, he did not hold back from making a severe observation on the time his successor is taking to appoint a prime minister. Hoping to get out of this interminable sequence as quickly as possible, the socialist urged Emmanuel Macron to “not to leave the country in suspense”. But the task is not simple.
Faced with a National Assembly that is as fragmented as ever, the head of state hopes to solve a puzzle: to send a personality to Matignon who would not be immediately censored by the opposition. A quest whose conclusion was once again postponed on Wednesday evening. While the government has been under a resignation regime for about fifty days, François Hollande considers his former advisor to “a problem: its relationship to decision-making.” “To govern is to appoint. It is the first act of the president,” thundered the man of the left, who recalled the first act of his presidency in 2012: the nomination of Jean-Marc Ayrault as prime minister.
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Then, the PS deputy continued, “We must appoint members of the government, appoint entourages.” “This function of naming is essential.” Before deploring the “hesitations” of Emmanuel Macron who “at the beginning can be understood given the unprecedented nature of the parliamentary situation”but who, “at some point, pose a problem in the management of the country.” “There are still choices to be made, a budget that must be made,” hammered François Hollande, who fears the little music relativizing the absence of a lasting executive. A way of making himself the spokesperson for the exasperation of a good part of the political class: “At some point you have to say it: the duration is too long and you have to decide. Deciding badly is better than not deciding.”
“Macron does not want to change policy”
Certainly, Emmanuel Macron does not have a majority with or against him in the Palais Bourbon. But, this would not be the only source of the political blockage. According to the former head of the PS, the head of state is making a “method error” et “thinks that he will settle the question of governability himself, that is to say, whether the prime minister he will appoint will not be censored.” “It is up to the National Assembly to decide”he analyzed. Other “fundamental problem” highlighted by François Hollande: the obstinacy of Emmanuel Macron “not to change policy. He is looking for a person, perhaps uncensorable, but who would have the same policy as him.”
Enough to lead the Corrèze resident to think that the situation could drag on for a long time. “He does not want to give up his power or renounce the policies he has pursued. He does not want to coexist.”mocks the socialist, according to whom his successor “did not understand that the French wanted an alternation with other people.”
