The new Prime Minister, Francois Bayrou, must now form his government. To do this, he consults those around him. It started on Saturday, December 14, with at least two meetings. This is what is indicated on François Bayrou's agenda, but there are also negotiations behind the scenes.
Saturday morning, Pierre Moscovici, the former socialist and current first president of the Court of Auditors, entered Matignon. It is undoubtedly no coincidence that the new Prime Minister begins his consultations with him: during the transfer of power on Friday, François Bayrou expressed all the concern he had about the budget and the deficit of the France.
The Prime Minister also received, on Saturday morning, the President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet and must see, at 6 p.m., the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher. François Bayrou will also make phone calls all weekend, explains Matignon. He will have to speak to the leaders of parties and parliamentary groups even if they have not yet been contacted at this stage. The countdown has begun because in a week it will be the Christmas break for everyone.
It is still early to say what the new government will look like but there are already names circulating of personalities with whom François Bayrou would be in contact. Former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin speaks a lot, we are told, with the President of the Republic and the new Prime Minister. LR Xavier Bertrand, scarecrow for the National Rally, too. As well as Maud Bregeon, the outgoing government spokesperson and even the former socialist mayor of Dijon, François Rebsamen.
It is said, in the outgoing team, that François Bayrou would in fact like to constitute “a government of heavyweights”with political figures therefore.
And then there are those who are openly campaigning to stay. Bruno Retailleau, in particular, the outgoing Minister of the Interior, who was the first to be received at Matignon on Friday evening. But he is a scarecrow for the left and in particular the environmentalists who condition their non-censorship on his departure. Finally which ministers to send to Bercy? With the downgrading of France's rating by the Moody's agency, Antoine Armand will undoubtedly play the stability card to remain Minister of the Economy and Finance.
