The Head of State says it again and again, there is no question of a new dissolution of the National Assembly. One of his relatives confirms: “Scalded cat fears cold water and the president, if there is censorship, would call public opinion to witness before appointing a new government. But look closely at the polls: the French are starting to turn against parliamentarians who do anything! »
To those who are surprised by his silence, Gabriel Attal, president of the Ensemble pour la République parliamentary group and secretary general of the Renaissance party, professes: “No need to speak today, because the French no longer want words, but actions. »
The call from Eric Lombard (Economy and Finance) to “prospects of a fruitful dialogue with the left-wing parties” and to the « justice fiscale » resonates like a call to the PS and its former First Secretary, who recently reiterated his “temptations of censorship”. In any case, François Hollande’s entourage is pushing him not to bring down the government. A “Dutchman” from the inner circle tells us he warned the ex-president “so that he does not repeat a vote of censure. This time, it would be even more incomprehensible, as François Bayrou once had a decisive impact during the 2012 presidential election against Nicolas Sarkozy, which had been won ric-rac.. And another claims to have bluntly warned us: “If there is a vote of censure and you do not stand up to refuse this compromise with Jean-Luc Mélenchon, this would lead you to also censure one of your former Prime Ministers (Manuel Valls) and two former ministers (Juliette Méadel and François Rebsamen) then, it will be without us! You are no longer First Secretary of the PS, you are a former president who cannot get involved in shenanigans if he wants to become one again! »
Then Prime Minister, Michel Barnier entrusted political scientist Pascal Perrineau on November 26 with the direction of a “essential construction site”. Immediately said, the author of Taste of politics (ed. Odile Jacob) consulted in all directions to check whether it was possible to find a path to institutional stability by modifying the electoral system, to add proportional representation.
The Barnier government was censored nine days later, the Perrineau mission collapsed due to lack of interlocutors. Oddly, François Bayrou, who has always been in favor of proportional representation – to the point of calling for a referendum – has given no sign of life. Perrineau nevertheless says to himself “ready to continue the work, which is not easy. But be careful that the remedy does not turn out to be worse than the disease and cause even more instability”. He declares himself ready to take into account all opinions, in particular that of Julien Jeanneney, author of Against proportional (ed. Tracts, Gallimard).
Concerned about notoriety in the run-up to the municipal elections in Marseille in 2026, MP Sébastien Delogu (LFI) is increasing his provocations. Such is his proposal to entrust imprisoned dealers with the management of the sale of cannabis once it has been legalized. Big success in prisons and on the Internet: “Why not legalize prostitution and entrust it to pimps? » “Why not entrust bank robbers with management? » Or again: “Why not legalize terrorism and entrust it to the Islamists? »
Former minister and current MP for Doubs Dominique Voynet has a grudge against her distant successor at the head of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier, who is trying to block the next party congress: “She’s not very smart. She is in the process of playing Mélenchon, establishing direct links between the summit, herself, and the activists. As for the European election campaign, it was too theoretical, too intellectual. »
Just like Antoine Armand, Anne Genetet and Guillaume Kasbarian, Prisca Thevenot was indeed taken out of the government by the Elysée, as revealed by the weekly The Chained Duck. But there is no question for the latter of incriminating the president: “I remain totally loyal to Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal. But there are Elysian entourages who play a dangerous and perverse game, that of stupid guerrilla warfare in which I will not engage. »
Fiercely opposed to any participation in government, Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) was not always so hostile to the idea of being a minister. At the dawn of the 2000s, the idea even bordered on obsession: “At each reshuffle, he hoped to be appointed, confides a former figure in Lionel Jospin’s team. He had costumes made for his entry into government. »
