[HIGHLIGHTS] François Bayrou back in government? “As a matter of principle”, the boss of MoDem “never rules out anything”

François Bayrou, acquitted in the affair of the MoDem parliamentary assistants, did not exclude on Monday, by “principle”, a return to government. “The government is not formed,” he insisted, when asked about the hypothesis of an appointment to National Education to replace Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.

The mayor of Pau, High Commissioner for Planning, was acquitted on Monday by the Paris criminal court in the case of European parliamentary assistants.