LIVE – Who to be minister? François Bayrou could form his government “this week”

Will we know the names of the next ministers by Sunday? In any case, this is François Bayrou’s wish. At the end of the Pau Municipal Council, to which he attended as mayor, the Prime Minister indicated that he wished to form his government ideally “this week” . A decision taken after a first series of consultations with political forces. “My deadline is this week, I hope. But the president must be there.” said François Bayrou.

Emmanuel Macron goes to Lyon on Tuesday afternoon, then from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday evening to Brussels for European summits. He also announced that he would go “in the coming days” in Mayotte. Time is running out because this government will have to bring a new budget for 2025, the previous project having been interrupted by censorship, while the deficit worsens and the rating agencies frown.

François Bayrou, who begins his lease in Matignon with the lowest level of confidence (40%) for a Prime Minister since 2017, according to a BVA questions from deputies, resigning ministers are not authorized to do so.

Defining itself as “a Prime Minister of full exercise and complementarity” with the head of state, he wishes to form a tight government dominated by experienced “personalities”. He chose close friends for his office, with Nicolas Pernot as director, who headed the services of the city of Pau.