The leader of the MoDem deputies, Patrick Mignola, supported Sunday the possible appointment as high commissioner of the Plan of François Bayrou, " the good person to analyze the weaknesses of the country and plan it in the future ", according to him.
Prime Minister Jean Castex said Wednesday that he wanted a High Commission for Planning to "re- light public action with a long-term vision " and did not rule out that François Bayrou, head of the MoDem, be appointed to her head. The entourage of Emmanuel Macron would welcome this.
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Mr. Mignola told Radio J that he also wanted this appointment by the head of state " because France needs a long-term vision ": Mr. Bayrou "would bring something to France that little politicians could bring ”.
" One of the long-standing battles of François Bayrou is planning, " further assured the member for Savoie, saying, for example, that this could perhaps have avoided the shortage of masks at the start of the epidemic. coronavirus.
" The logic would be that (the high commissioner) depends on the Elysee, " according to Mr. Mignola, who also thinks that Mr. Bayrou could keep the town hall of Pau in parallel.
The boss of MoDem " could have been the second Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron ", like the current president of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand (LREM), judged Mr. Mignola.
Minister of Justice at the start of the Macron quinquennium, Mr. Bayrou had to leave the government on the background of the case of European parliamentary assistants to the MoDem. He has since been indicted for “ complicity in misappropriation of public funds ”.
According to Mr. Mignola, " what must eliminate women and men from French political life is a condemnation ", not " a suspicion " or " an indictment ".
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal told BFMTV on Sunday that he was unaware of any " rule " prohibiting Bayrou from being high commissioner. " You are not a member of the government when you are a commissioner, " he noted.
In addition to this appointment, Mr. Mignola expects Tuesday July 14 from Emmanuel Macron that he gives " a new social hope ".
He hopes that the President will put “ on the table the debate on proportional representation ” in the legislative elections, failing which the MoDem deputies could table in the autumn a bill to introduce this method of voting at the departmental level with a " Small majority premium ". " There is an absolute urgency to give people the desire to vote again, " said Mignola.
