DECRYPTION – The exchanges, direct or indirect, continued until late Friday, while the political forces refused to respond within the deadline to the Prime Minister's ultimatum.
Will the magic of Christmas offer a miracle to François Bayrou? Stuck between the demands of the right and the reluctance of the left, the new prime minister repeated Thursday evening on France 2 his wish to present a government by the middle of next week, ideally « in the weekend ». A wish that he had already expressed, earlier in the day, in front of representatives of non-populist political forces, gathered around the same table in Matignon.
But the centrist's shooting windows are more than narrow. While Emmanuel Macron is expected in Djibouti on Saturday to celebrate New Year's Eve with the French troops, after visiting Mayotte devastated by Cyclone Chido, the President of the Republic declared a day of national mourning, this Monday, December 23. It's hard to imagine the announcement of a government with flags at half-mast, at a time when the island is still counting its dead. The new team could therefore be revealed…
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