Still no white smoke. The Élysée is still waiting and will not announce the name of the next Prime Minister, more than a month after the official resignation of Gabriel Attal’s government.
Bernard Cazeneuve, Xavier Bertrand… Emmanuel Macron tests “hypotheses”. Michel Barnier, notably a former LR minister or European commissioner, is a “serious lead” for Emmanuel Macron for Matignon, BFMTV learned from concordant sources among the Republicans
“He is a personality that Laurent Wauquiez greatly appreciates, but he sticks to his line: the appointment of the Prime Minister is the exclusive prerogative of the President,” explains the entourage of Laurent Wauquiez, president of the Republican Right group in the National Assembly.
“The Collar of Uncensorability”
For their part, the entourage of the person concerned says they will not comment. However, according to our information, last July, Michel Barnier was received by Alexis Kohler, described as Emmanuel Macron’s closest collaborator, to sound him out on the situation.
In recent days, new exchanges have taken place with the Élysée. “Apparently he found the collar of incensorability and he had the opportunity to say so,” jokes a source at the LR.
“Michel Barnier is one of those who could emerge within the central bloc and demonstrate stability,” Mathieu Lefèvre, Renaissance MP and close friend of Gérald Darmanin, said on BFMTV.
Michel Barnier was first elected as a French MP in 1978. He was also a minister on several occasions in the governments of Édouard Balladur, Alain Juppé, Jean-Pierre Raffarin and François Fillon.
In 2009, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. He was a European Commissioner and also a negotiator in charge of leading the Brexit negotiations.
- BFMTV.com
