New government: while Bayrou hoped to reveal the names of his ministers “this week”, Macron is putting pressure on him and wants “proposals” this evening

According to information from Politico confirmed by TF1-LCI, Emmanuel Macron expects from François Bayrou “propositions” on the composition of the future government following the consultations in Matignon, which end this Tuesday at the end of the afternoon. If the President of the Republic wants the first names this evening, these proposals must not “necessarily” be “a proposal for complete government”specifies the Elysée to France Televisions.

Tightened government and dominated by experienced “personalities”

François Bayrou led a first series of consultations with political forces on Monday in order to compose his government, ideally “this week”, and to find a way forward on the budget. The Prime Minister, appointed Friday, said he wanted to quickly present his government team. “My deadline is this week, I hope. But the president has to be there,” he said in the evening from Pau. Time is running out because this government will have to bring a new budget for 2025, the previous project having been interrupted by censorship, while the deficit worsens and the rating agencies frown.

Defining himself as “a Prime Minister of full capacity and complementarity” with the head of state, the president of the MoDem wishes to form a tight government dominated by experienced “personalities”. He chose close friends for his office, with Nicolas Pernot as director, who headed the services of the city of Pau.