During the council of ministers, Wednesday December 11, Michel Barnier spoke and warned Emmanuel Macron about “social, territorial, rural fractures” in the country. The Prime Minister, upon departure, also spoke of the “feeling of abandonment which affects many French people”.
On the occasion of what should be his last council of ministers, Wednesday December 11, Michel Barnier alerted Emmanuel Macron to “social, territorial, rural fractures” in the country. He also pointed out “the feeling of abandonment which affects many French people: justice, education, security, health, agriculture”reported The World. The resigning Prime Minister also said he was concerned about “financial debt”a “reality which will impose itself on any government, whatever it may be”he added.
Michel Barnier thanked the Head of State for the “frank and quality dialogue” that the two men maintained during his short three-month stay at Matignon. While the name of his successor is expected in the coming hours, he invited Emmanuel Macron to “persevere” by 2027 in his work “for attractiveness, competitiveness and investment in our country”.
The shortest mandate of the Fifth Republic
During his speech, Michel Barnier recalled that the current situation was not unprecedented “since 43 years ago, after the election of François Mitterrand, Raymond Barre, then Prime Minister, handled current affairs”. Censored a week ago, the former European commissioner will have remained less than a hundred days in his role as Prime Minister, which makes him the shortest tenant of Matignon in the Fifth Republic.
published on December 11 at 5:44 p.m., Lilian Moy, 6Medias
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