Emmanuel Macron will not be dismissed. But with the appointment of Michel Barnier to Matignon, the status of the president changes. He could now devote himself mainly to questions of international politics.
Since his general policy speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Michel Barnier has clearly taken matters into his own hands. Even if the New Popular Front still intends to table a motion of censure against it, it will not be voted on since the National Rally has already said that it will not join it.
However, without the support of the Lepenists, the left will not be able to gather a majority against the government. Furthermore, according to a survey published by BFMTV, 62% of French people do not want the government to be overthrown.
The Prime Minister therefore passed his first passing exam. The second will be October 8 with the presentation of the budget. An austerity budget for which we will have to find several billion savings and therefore take unpopular measures. The first announced this Wednesday, the postponement of the indexation of pensions from January to July has already caused disappointment among retirees.
However, they form a significant part of the center-right electorate. And in the meantime, what is the president doing? He travels. On Wednesday, at a forum on the future of Europe in Berlin, he said: “For me, the first priority is the European scale. This is where you can unlock a lot of growth and potential.“
He benefits from an advantage in this area: in France, it is the president and not the Prime Minister who participates in the European summit. And there is only one chair, per country, around the table. Furthermore, the seriousness of the international situation automatically propelled him to the forefront as head of the armed forces.
He has already convened a defense council and France has set sail from Toulon a helicopter carrier responsible, if necessary, for repatriating the French from Lebanon. Furthermore, it would seem, but nothing is certain, that France participated on Tuesday with the United States in the neutralization of part of the missiles sent to Israel from Iran.
Finally, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, returned to Beirut where he was already a few days ago. France, a former mandatory power, remains very close to Lebanon. And the president is very interested in it, even if the French influence is no longer what it used to be.
As we can see, the distribution of tasks is being implemented in accordance with the spirit of the Constitution. To Barnier, the interior, to Macron, the exterior.
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