No reframing but distancing. After the remarks of the Minister of Regional Planning and Decentralization François Rebsamen, who declared on Tuesday “to respect all political forces except the National Rally”, Sophie Primas assured that this was not “the position of the government.” “You know that the Prime Minister makes dialogue with all political forces who wish to dialogue with him a priority,” declared the government spokesperson after the Council of Ministers this Wednesday.
“A red line that is better not to cross”
The words of François Rebsamen made Jordan Bardella react earlier in the morning. “François Bayrou should quickly remind his minister that the respect due to the 11 million French voters of the National Rally is one of our main demands,” he reacted on red line that it is better not to cross when you are part of a minority government,” added the president of the RN on the eve of the vote on the motion of censure.
This episode recalls the beginnings of Michel Barnier's government. The then Minister of the Economy, Antoine Armand, had excluded the RN from the “republican arc” before being reframed.
