Is Bruno Retailleau the real boss of François Bayrou? – Liberation

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Who’s the boss?

Since Bayrou’s accession to Matignon, commentators have agreed that the Prime Minister will be independent of Macron, the latter thus losing a little of the power he thought he would recover after having deigned to leave him to the right and Michel Barnier ( but not to the left, don’t mess around). These analyzes are a little quick to overlook the fact that the Palois is the primary support of the Head of State and his policies since 2017, but oh well. If not the President, would the real leader of Bayrou actually be Bruno Retailleau? First received in Matignon on Friday after the transfer of power, the Minister of the Interior who has resigned but who intends to stay has therefore posed his «conditions» to the tenant of Matignon – notably an immigration reform. It’s already original. But less than what follows. Receiving Gérard Larcher on Saturday, the Premie