We found the former Minister of the Interior: he was present during the great Renaissance rally which saw Gabriel Attal take the head of the presidential party. Should we see a big comeback?
Retailleau: he who goes hunting loses his place
“He has the fierce desire to stay. » Sitting at one of the tables of the very refined “Mediterranean”, a seafood restaurant a few steps from the Luxembourg Palace, this LR senator close to Bruno Retailleau no longer knows where to turn as there are so many arguments for justify, in his eyes, the retention of his former group president in Beauvau. The latter showing unfailing motivation. How could it be otherwise? According to our lunch partner, if his ministerial adventure were to end with the arrival of François Bayrou, the Vendéen would not regain his place as LR leader in the upper house. Position which allowed him, until his appointment in September, to participate in Elysee meetings and other negotiation meetings.
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Castaner back?
They had come, they were all there, Sunday, at the Pullman Montparnasse hotel in Paris, for the election of Gabriel Attal as new boss of Renaissance. On the stage at the end of the national council, surrounding the resigned ministers of the Barnier government or the new president of the “party parliament” Élisabeth Borne, the former boss of the movement and ex-Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner. Is his presence a sign of a return to politics for the former MP defeated in 2022, who last year launched a company called Villanelle Conseil? “They pulled me by the sleeve to come, but I’m no longer involved in politics,” he confided to Paris Match. My role at the Marseille seaport is voluntary (he is president of the supervisory board, and also president of the board of directors of the Mont Blanc highways and tunnels). I continue to follow politics, but am no longer involved, it’s over for me. ” Really ? Gold chain around his neck, bleached beard and gray suit, “Casta”, still a member of the movement, spoke at length with Élisabeth Borne, in particular.
The uncertain strategy of Olivier Faure
But what on earth is the boss of the PS playing at, one day determined to negotiate with the right with a view to a governmental consensus for the months to come, the next day stuck on the appointment of a left-wing Prime Minister? A black socialist baron exemplifies it: “We are all in the municipal elections since the lists will be submitted in February 2026 and on September 30, 2024 the accounts will be opened for financing the campaigns. This is what conditions the balance in parliament as well as in the socialist congress which will be held before the summer. Olivier advocates a single motion and a common candidate. » Namely, himself, despite harsh opposition to his unionist line which almost got the better of his mandate in 2023. “Faure said: ‘Come with me and I will protect you all from an LFI-Verts list against the outgoing socialist mayors.’ However, everyone on the left knows that there will be no national agreement in the first round. For example, Marine Tondelier wants Lille [tenue par le PS] and will say that each city must make its own agreement, that it will be the choice of the activists. So no one at the PS believes in the protection of Olivier Faure. »
