PORTRAIT – At 73, the head of MoDem becomes prime minister of his ally Emmanuel Macron, in the midst of a political crisis. This maneuver, champion of pluralism and compromise, must face a fractured Assembly. With the hope of rallying part of the left to his side while coaxing Marine Le Pen.
It's dinner time and regrets for François Bayrou, this September 28. Around the meats and wines laid out on the table, in this Belambra club in Guidel (Morbihan) where he got into the habit of organizing the returns of his Democratic Movement (MoDem), he confided his disappointment to those close to him: Michel Barnier , 73 years old like him, has just taken the head of a government associating Macronists and the right.
It is too close an alliance in the eyes of the centrist, who dreams out loud of a team extended to the left. “Between (former socialist prime minister) Bernard Cazeneuve, us, and bona fide Gaullists, there are only nuances», he said, shirt on his back and gray hair disheveled. Without realizing that Emmanuel Macron will soon charge him with composing a “general interest government» as wide as possible, in the midst of a political crisis. With the objective of holding “thirty months», until the presidential election of 2027, well beyond the 99 days spent by the Republican (LR) Michel…
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