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20 h 17. The appointment of a new prime minister, which seemed imminent in the afternoon, will not be announced on Wednesday, a close friend of Emmanuel Macron told AFP, without providing a new deadline.
“We are moving forward. The president’s criteria remain ‘non-censorability'”that is, the guarantee that the future government will not be immediately overthrown in a very fragmented National Assembly, “and the ability to form coalitions because the political situation requires it”was all this close friend of the head of state said.
19 h 19. The announcement, this Wednesday evening, of the appointment of the next tenant of the Hôtel de Matignon seems to be moving away. In addition to the names of Bernard Cazeneuve and Xavier Bertrand, there is also, according to our colleagues at West France and of L’Opinionfrom former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier.
A former minister and European commissioner, he is a member of the strategic council of the Republicans.
17 h 42. On the social network X, La France insoumise says it has filed a proposal for the impeachment of Emmanuel Macron, announcing: “81 signatures from 3 parliamentary groups, +212,000 popular signatures from the online petition!”
15 h 57. Will we have a new prime minister tonight? It’s “the objective”notes a source in the presidential camp with theAFPensuring that the president of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand, a supporter of the social right, and the former prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve are still in the race.
15 h 38. Asked by West Francethe mayor of Cannes and president of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), whose name has been circulating to enter Matignon, has calmed the rumors surrounding a possible nomination. “I don’t think that this hypothesis arises”he told our colleagues.
15 h 20. Green MP Benjamin Lucas has requested the creation of a commission of inquiry in the National Assembly to “to establish whether public authorities have been properly organised since the last legislative elections”.
“For many weeks our institutions have been blocked and a resigning government is leading the country with a legitimacy that is questionable. I propose that the Assembly play its role of control and formulate proposals to prevent this situation from recurring.”he wrote on his X account this Wednesday, September 4.
14 h 55. Visibly irritated by the behavior of Jean-Michel Blanquer and Édouard Philippe, Rachida Dati once again did not mince her words on X. “Elegance and recognition should lead to more respect for the presidential institution and for the man who allowed you to act and even exist on the political level.”she said.
14 h 14. According to BFMTVthe name of the next prime minister will be known at the end of the day. It should take place by press release from the Élysée, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
According to our colleagues, the hypothesis of an appointment of Xavier Bertrand, president of Hauts-de-France, seems the most probable.
12 h 40. While the nomination of the next prime minister could finally arrive in the next few hours, the lucky winner, if he manages to form a government and not be censored, will have his work cut out for him.
Farmers’ anger, public finances, education, health, purchasing power, there are many projects to tackle. We take stock.
12 h 18. Bernard Cazeneuve or Xavier Bertrand “are on an equal footing” to be prime minister, says Franceinfociting the entourage of the President of the Republic. Emmanuel Macron will choose the one “who will have the best chance” not to be censored and will be able to expand his government. “The president will continue to discuss to confront points of view,” indicated the same source.
11 h 55. As he struggles to find the right candidate, according to his criteria, for Matignon, Emmanuel Macron is increasingly isolated, says Manuel Bompard. “The President of the Republic finds himself increasingly isolated, weakened, and everyone can see that he is the reason for the blockage”said the LFI official on LCI.
11 h 30. Despite the president’s procrastination over the appointment of a prime minister, the CFDT will not be in the streets on Saturday, September 7 to put pressure on Emmanuel Macron. Guest of Franceinfo This morning, Marylise Léon however recalled that “It is urgent that there be a Prime Minister”.
The CFDT general secretary hopes that the future head of government will repeal the postponement of retirement to 64. “This is the most unfair thing about a pension reform. The 64-year-old is the absolute red line.”she reaffirmed.
11 h. An ally of the National Rally, Éric Ciotti estimated this morning that the only solution could be the departure of Emmanuel Macron. “He must learn from his failure” for not “not to remain in a deadlock situation”.
“I saw that Mr. Philippe announced his candidacy last night (for the presidential election, Editor’s note), that perhaps means that he too considers that the only solution is the departure of Mr. Macron.”he concluded without formally calling for the president’s resignation.
10 h 46. Still according to BFMTVthe president is said to have suggested to Marine Le Pen that the appointment of a prime minister will take place this Wednesday, September 4, 50 days after the resignation of Gabriel Attal.
10 h 37. According to BFMTVduring her telephone conversation with Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday evening, Marine Le Pen reportedly confirmed to him that the RN group and its allies, with 143 deputies, would vote for a motion of censure against Xavier Bertrand or Bernard Cazeneuve, if one of the two reached Matignon.
10 h 10. While the magazine Marianne explained that Lucie Castets had demanded a monthly envelope of 51,000 euros for her and her team from the NFP, the candidate for Matignon replied. She indicated on X that she had not received any sum from the NFP and that all her work had been done “on a voluntary basis”.
9 h 30. And in the meantime, Édouard Philippe has declared himself a candidate for the presidential election. A surprising announcement in the current political context, the ambitions of the mayor of Le Havre having been known for a long time.
If he promises a project « massif » For the French, he assured the Point that he will support “any prime minister chosen in a political space that ranges from the conservative right to social democracy”But this announcement was mocked by politicians of all sides.
9 h 16. Guest of BFMTV This morning, LR senator Bruno Retailleau said that the LR group will not oppose the appointment of Xavier Bertrand to Matignon. He is “in our family”he said.
“We want a prime minister of cohabitation, that is to say a prime minister who applies the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, article 20, it is the government which determines and which leads the policy of the nation, it is not the president of the republic”he nevertheless launched.
8 h 56. According to information from BFMTVEmmanuel Macron held a telephone conversation with Marine Le Pen on Tuesday evening as part of his consultations for the formation of the future government. The leader of the RN deputies in the Assembly also set out her conditions in an interview given to the Parisian. The future prime minister must “Do not treat us like plague victims, let him respect our elected officials”she recalled. She also wants him to commit to introducing proportional representation in the legislative elections and to “does not aggravate the problem of immigration, of insecurity and does not raze the working and modest classes in its budget”.
8 h 45. Eric Ciotti fired broadsides at Xavier Bertrand. “Mr. Bertrand, it’s a false right, it’s a right that votes left, it’s a powerless right ” he said on the set of Telematin.
8 h 30. Guest of FranceinfoÉric Coquerel promised that LFI will immediately censor a government led by Xavier Bertrand. “Emmanuel Macron must do the least harm to the country and propose to Lucie Castets to govern”he explained.
8 h 15. According to Olivier Faure, Bernard Cazeneuve is a man “left” more “not a socialist, since he was one of the few left-wingers to explain that he was against the NFP.” This is why the PS “cannot have frank and massive support”.
8 h. “It’s not the name that matters!” Asked by RTL Regarding the Bernard Cazeneuve hypothesis at Matignon, the communist Fabien Roussel dodged the issue.
7 h 45. Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, was the guest of the morning show of TF1 this Tuesday. He called for Emmanuel Macron to be removed from the equation in the quest for a prime minister, demanding a negotiation between parties. This must “to allow a government program to be established on the merits. That power comes not from the executive but from the legislative”he explained.
7 h 30. While some PS officials were calling for a vote to support or not Bernard Cazeneuve on Tuesday, the party leadership preferred to submit to the vote a resolution presenting the 10 points on which the PS will ask the future prime minister to commit. Among these points: the repeal of the pension reform, the unemployment insurance reform and the immigration law, the increase in the minimum wage, the green ISF or the taxation of super profits.
