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François Bayrou will see Emmanuel Macron again this evening, according to the Prime Minister's entourage
For Bruno Retailleau, we “will not be able to rebuild Mayotte without addressing (…) the migration issue”
On everywhere on the national territory, France is regaining control of its immigration,” he added.
What awaits France in Mayotte is colossal: the island is devastated.
The State has been mobilized since the beginning to help the victims and prevent other crises from adding to the misfortune.
But we already have to think about the day after. We will not be able to rebuild…
— Bruno Retailleau (@BrunoRetailleau) https://twitter.com/BrunoRetailleau/status/1868920034598306010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“I will not leave the budgetary situation unanswered,” assures Bayrou
“I will not leave the budgetary situation without a response,” François Bayrou assured MPs on Tuesday, affirming that “if there was no response, it is because there was censorship” from the previous government on December 5. “We are going to repair this situation and I hope that we will do it by finding ways of understanding between the government and the different sensitivities which will form the government,” added the Prime Minister, who must quickly put together a ministerial team to staff the country of a budget for next year, while the deficit worsens and the rating agencies frown. He was responding to the leader of the socialist deputies Boris Vallaud.
“Pau is France”, retorts the Prime Minister after the controversy
Asked about his presence in Pau in the midst of the crisis in Mayotte, François Barou assured that he had “simply participated by video” in the crisis meeting chaired by the Head of State. “Pau is France (…) If I had been in a town hall in the 7th arrondissement, you would have considered that it was very good,” he said to Insoumise. “Allow me to tell you that there is a break, which you perhaps do not feel, between the life of the provinces and the circle of powers in Paris,” he added to boos from the left .
Pau municipal council: “If I had been in a town hall in the 7th arrondissement, you would have considered it to be very good,” says François @Bayrouwhich denounces “a rupture between the life of the province and the circle of powers in Paris”. #DirectAN #QAG pic.twitter.com/tPQaXnlXJW
— LCP (@LCP) https://twitter.com/LCP/status/1869031065022583044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“You should not have gone to Pau to keep a mandate,” denounces Mathilde Panot
“For years, in the poorest department in France, 1 in 3 people have not had access to drinking water,” denounced the leader of the Insoumis in the Assembly. “You should not have gone to Pau to keep a mandate,” she scolded.
“We are all anxious” about the “destiny” of Mayotte, says Bayrou
After a question from former Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, François Bayrou spoke about the situation in Mayotte. “We are all anxious” about the “fate” of “those caught in the turmoil while they were not protected,” he declared, adding that the toll was “not yet established” but that 'twenty deaths' were confirmed.
“I am a staunch supporter of pluralism in politics,” responds Bayrou
“It is not because we have opposing positions that we cannot debate together,” began the Prime Minister, who called for “overcoming” the challenge of parliamentary dialogue. “I will not leave anything untreated and unanswered” and “will not make differences between the deputies”, he added. “It’s my vision and it’s not from today.”
RN spokesperson Laure Lavalette speaks first
On the benches of the Assembly, the elected representative from Var demanded that the Prime Minister decline his “priorities”.
The “questions to the Prime Minister” scheduled for 3 p.m., follow his statements live
François Bayrou will participate this Tuesday in the National Assembly in a session of “questions to the Prime Minister”, instead of the traditional “questions to the government”, we learned on Monday from a parliamentary source. The organization of this session was requested by the President of the Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet during her meeting with François Bayrou on Saturday, and the conference of presidents approved it early Monday afternoon.
François Bayrou will deliver his general policy declaration to Parliament on January 14
Prime Minister François Bayrou will deliver his general policy declaration before Parliament on January 14, AFP learned Tuesday from his entourage. Every new head of government pronounces this declaration to give his road map and his main objectives. He can request a vote of confidence, but this is not an obligation. His predecessors Elisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, and Michel Barnier, deprived like him of an absolute majority, had not done so.
A “start-up architecture” for a new government mentioned
Objective of the Bayrou-Macron meeting this morning, according to Marc Fesneau: to evoke a “start-up architecture” for his government. The head of the MoDem deputies added that the two heads of the executive will compose the future team with “the desire to find a balance”.
François Bayrou met Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday with a view to forming a government “by the end of the week”
Criticized from all sides for having chosen to go to Pau instead of Mayotte and for having defended the accumulation of mandates, François Bayrou spoke at the end of the morning for “more than an hour” with the head of state at the Elysée, according to his entourage. Objective, according to Marc Fesneau: to evoke a “start-up architecture” for his government. The head of the MoDem deputies added that the two heads of the executive will compose the future team with “the desire to find a balance”. The new tenant of Matignon hopes to form his government team “by the end of the week”, according to parliamentary sources. Its intention is to present 25 people, a third in the center, a third on the right, a third on the left, it was added.
09h29.
Fabien Roussel considers it “indecent” to relaunch a debate on the accumulation of mandates “while at the moment we are burying inhabitants in Mayotte”
Emmanuel Macron is at the origin of the “chaos that he created in order to regain control”, according to Charles de Courson
Former ally of François Bayrou and deputy of the centrist Liot group, Charles de Courson judged that “the resignation of Emmanuel Macron would undoubtedly be a solution” but that staying “is his right”. He directly accused the President of being at the origin of the “chaos”. “I think he created chaos to be able to regain control, but when you play that game you never know where it could end,” castigated the dean of the Assembly.
The controversy is growing around François Bayrou's jet trip to Pau
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Another controversy over his presence in Pau this Monday
François Bayrou had already sparked controversy by choosing to go to Pau rather than to a crisis meeting on Mayotte, devastated by a cyclone which would have caused hundreds or even thousands of deaths. He only attended remotely. This decision is “unworthy and disrespectful” while the archipelago “is going through one of the worst tragedies”, socialist deputy Arthur Delaporte denounced on X.
Even though Mayotte is going through one of the worst tragedies and the Prime Minister must also form a government, his priority is to attend its municipal council.
Unworthy and disrespectful. https://t.co/9PSlQGw9hL
— Arthur Delaporte (@ArthurDelaporte) https://twitter.com/ArthurDelaporte/status/1868647326853808550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
A first controversy over the accumulation of mandates for François Bayrou
Facing the municipal council of the commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques of which he has been the councilor for 10 years, the new Prime Minister described as an “error” the ban on the accumulation of mandates for parliamentarians, a rule established in 2014 under the presidency of François Hollande. “I think this debate needs to be resumed,” he declared, specifying that he would ask this question in his general policy speech. The president of MoDem also confirmed his intention to remain mayor. On the left, reactions were quick. “I think he should resign from his local mandate,” criticized the leader of the rebellious deputies Mathilde Panot on LCP. “You cannot be both Prime Minister of France and mayor of a city.”
A new government “this week”?
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. He then defended the accumulation of mandates from his city of Pau, of which he intends to remain mayor, despite criticism. 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.
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