François Bayrou sees his dream of an expanded government slip away

François Bayrou is wary of large meetings between political party leaders. Last week, he reluctantly attended the one that Emmanuel Macron organized at the Élysée, a few days before his appointment as prime minister. « I didn’t believe it at all »he confided as he left the presidential palace, where he changed his mind: « This meeting unblocked the political situation. »

Did he speak too quickly? In full preparation of a government that he wishes to present by Christmas, in search of allies, and target of the first controversies, the centrist finds himself forced to organize such a gathering of political leaders. With the hope of breaking the deadlock.

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