Our experts’ emergency plan for Michel Barnier’s new government

Does Michel Barnier have the flexibility of Vincent Cassel? The Prime Minister will need it, who, subject to the many red lines set by each group in the majority, will have to contort himself to govern, like the actor in the famous scene in the film Ocean’s Twelwe who must perform a dance similar to capoeira, to avoid the laser beams protecting a coveted work of art.

Between the Republicans who want to apply their legislative pact, notably on immigration, and set red lines on taxes, and the Macronists who set others on immigration (on the elimination of state medical aid), Michel Barnier does not have an easy task. “Everyone needs to remain in their political identity,” assures an elected official.

At the beginning of the week, tensions are high between the protagonists. The Republicans explain that they are not “there to extend a Macronist policy ! » Opposite, at Ensemble pour la République, the group of…