She is one of the survivors of the Barnier government. After having been delegated to foreign trade and French people abroad, Sophie Primas, LR senator from Yvelines, was entrusted this Monday evening with the spokesperson for the government team led by François Bayrou.
This close friend of Gérard Larcher will make common cause with two other ministers elected in the department: the deputies Aurore Bergé (Renaissance) – who returns to the Ministry of Equality between women and men three months after having left it – and Jean- Noël Barrot (MoDem) — returned to the Quai d’Orsay. A new appointment for the former mayor of Aubergenville which is not without consequences at the local level. Particularly on the Chatou side.
The retention of Sophie Primas in government is in fact a little Christmas present for Michèle Grellier, the brand new mayor of the town of 31,000 inhabitants. Which, in turn, sees its own lease extended for a new indefinite period.
The 69-year-old was elected head of the Chatou municipal council, less than two months ago, to replace Éric Dumoulin, struck by the accumulation of mandates because he himself was legally called to join the Senate to temporarily replace… Sophie Primas. During the 2023 senatorial elections, he appeared in fifth position on the list led by Gérard Larcher, who then obtained four of the six seats. And therefore in pole position to take control in the event of a senator's defection. This is valid until the minister returns to her seat at the Luxembourg Palace.
Éric Dumoulin, who knows his destiny – “with a small d” – linked to that – “with a capital D” – of the new government spokesperson, still plans to return to his seat as mayor, in Chatou, once the senatorial parenthesis closed.
“He and I take this philosophically,” Michèle Grellier reacted this Tuesday. You have to look at things on the bright side. This gives him more time to invest in his role as senator and me in that of mayor. We must try to take advantage of this. »
