A new wave of consultations. The president of the National Rally (RN) group of deputies, Marine Le Pen, and the president of the party, Jordan Bardella, will be received on Monday December 16 at 9 a.m. by François Bayrou, the far-right group announced on Sunday. The Prime Minister appointed on Friday begins a cycle of consultation with various political leaders, who will be received at Matignon in the coming days. Boris Vallaud,he leader of the socialist deputies, declared on BFMTV that his group would be received, “Monday or Tuesday”. Follow our live stream.
The CGT is calling for an “emergency meeting” on employment. “The first thing we ask of François Bayrou is to immediately organize an emergency meeting on the employment situation”demanded Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, guest of “Dimanche en politique” on France 3. “We must prevent layoffs instead of supporting them”she pleaded.
François Bayrou insists on “complementarity”. Asked by La Tribune Sundaythe new Prime Minister has laid out the lines of the relationship he wishes to maintain with the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. “I will be a Prime Minister of full exercise and complementarity. Those who want to write the story of a clash between the Elysée and Matignon will be denied”he assured. Before meditating on his status. “We must never forget that we are passing through. Even if it may last…”he declared about the post of Prime Minister, in a tense political context.
Gérard Larcher calls for Bruno Retailleau to remain in the Interior. In another interview published by La Tribune SundayLR President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, asks François Bayrou “a road map that allows us to unblock the situation” and pleads for Bruno Retailleau, former boss of LR senators, to be reappointed to the Ministry of the Interior.
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