Bertrand Delanoë says he declined Emmanuel Macron's offer to become a minister seven years ago. “Social policy was in deficit from the first mandate.
And there I think that a certain number of defects have worsened,” he argued. The former mayor of Paris (2001-2014), now aged 73, judged the debut of the prime minister, appointed in January, “courageous” “I deeply regret the waste he makes of himself because he is someone who has talent, who has culture, he knows well when he betrays our common ideals”