2024-01-07 19:47:00
If the Elysée notably highlighted “the bad weather in Pas-de-Calais and the arrival of the cold wave” to justify this Sunday tête-à-tête, the beginnings of the establishment of a new government architecture is taking shape.
Emmanuel Macron has been reviewing his options for Matignon for several days, with two candidates emerging: Julien Denormandie and Sébastien Lecornu. Even if a continuation of Elisabeth Borne cannot be ruled out.
“Everything is possible… including nothing”, summarizes a close friend of Emmanuel Macron, at a time when the president is phosphorus on the recomposition of his team following having widely consulted this week, with the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire to Edouard Philippe, via François Bayrou.
The latter estimated on Sunday on BFMTV that a “change” was “necessary”.
Those close to the Head of State promise whatever happens a rapid response, when Mr. Macron had gotten into the habit of letting the clocks run during previous reshuffles.
An influential advisor suggests that the president is “in the crystallization phase” and that “things will change at the start of the week, probably with a new Prime Minister on Monday.”
Except that… finding a resident in Matignon requires subtle calculations and as such, “there is not a lot of choice”, notes a Historical Walker. Enough to invite ministers to exercise extreme caution, like Olivier Dussopt (Labour) refusing on Sunday on CNews/Europe 1 to “play the trifecta”.
According to several sources within the executive, the list seems to have narrowed to two names: “Lecornu and Denormandie”, says a loyalist of the head of state, even if “with the president, it is always unpredictable” .
This duel revives within the majority the ancient quarrel between the former Macronists, of which Julien Denormandie is a member, and the rallies from the right, such as Sébastien Lecornu.
The first, 43 years old, has been sailing for a decade in the wake of Emmanuel Macron, with whom he almost set up a start-up in 2014 before leaving for Bercy as deputy chief of staff to the man who was then Minister of Economy.
Engineer of En marche!, the flagship of the 2017 presidential campaign, Mr. Denormandie then headed the Ministry of Housing, then Agriculture, before reorienting himself in 2022 in the private sector. While confiding to visitors that he might not refuse Matignon, if the opportunity presented itself.
For his part, Sébastien Lecornu weaved his web following joining Mr. Macron in 2017, from the Republicans (LR), like two other former Prime Ministers, Edouard Philippe and Jean Castex.
Minister of the Armed Forces at only 37 years old, following having officiated in Overseas Territories and Communities, Mr. Lecornu established himself as one of the political advisors of the Head of State, with several elective mandates (president of the departmental council of Eure, senator, mayor…). A more maneuvering profile, at a time when we have to deal with a relative majority in the Assembly and a Senate, dominated by the right, perked up.
However, Elisabeth Borne “is not condemned: everyone is pronouncing their funeral oration… but we are moving a little quickly”, warns a close friend of the head of state.
After 20 months at Matignon, Ms. Borne never gave up her costume as a scrupulous executive, managing to have 30 bills adopted, including 6 by activating article 49.3. Already a starter last summer, she was able to prove her resilience and her loyalty to any test.
The current Prime Minister is however “damaged”, said Sunday the leader of the LFI deputies Mathilde Panot, for whom Emmanuel Macron has in any case “only bad choices” to replace her, failing to initiate a real “break” in the political line.
After deciding on his Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron will attack the entire government, with two slogans: “Reduce and renew”. A major project, but “as far as the economy and finances are concerned, stability in these periods of great upheaval has many virtues”, advocated on France 3 Bruno Le Maire, in post at Bercy since 2017.
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