Confidence, in the summer torpor, of someone coming out of the July reshuffle: "There is bound to be a disappointment to have failed. It is not easy, especially with the holidays, we dwell on it. "A summer to digest the eviction -" You still have to manage it from a narcissistic point of view, "blows an employee. A summer to bounce back, according to appointments, "where the president needs to send signals and to have relays, antennas", decrypts a relative, also thinking of the vast movement in the prefectural. A summer to find a new home, even if it is not very “new world”. “This has always happened,” says a Walker. And if some accuse the blow, others restart without delay.
So with Muriel Pénicaud. As soon as it leaves the government, as soon as the affair with Emmanuel Macron is over! The former Minister of Labor will be appointed at the end of September as the permanent representative of France to the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development). “The international strategic issues are important” and “the OECD has an essential and growing role”, she says. Anticipating any illegitimate trial, she hastens to highlight her “twenty years of international experience as a leader in the private and public sectors”.
Laurent Nuñez did not wait to bounce back either. His office had not moved after the appointment of Gerald Darmanin to the Ministry of the Interior. But the former boss of the DGSI (General Directorate of Internal Security) finally pursues his career as a senior official, becoming National Coordinator of Intelligence and the Fight against Terrorism. Function that "fascinates" him, he says. But that keeps him away from politics. "This post is halfway and it remains in a bosom close to the president", corrects a lieutenant of the head of state. Especially since Nuñez keeps an eye on what is happening, especially in Marseille where he did not fail to have the municipal debriefings ...
Castaner will "have to fight"
Pure politicians are now walking on paths with a more uncertain outcome. Christophe Castaner puts his future to the vote of the walking deputies. According to several macronists, it has been envisaged that he will succeed Philippe Grangeon, as special advisor at the Elysee. But he refused, preferring to run for the presidency of the LREM group in the National Assembly. “There were no 36 alternatives if he wanted to continue to have a role, blows a framework of the majority. But he's going to have to fight. In front of him, two serious candidates: François de Rugy - himself exfiltrated from the government a year ago - and the deputy of Yvelines, Aurore Bergé. Castaner is forced to a media diet. The time is for his internal campaign. And maybe, too, to cash. He didn't hide it, he wanted to stay in Beauvau.
Their backgrounds, their situations, are different. But the silence is the same. No more sound, no more image of ex-government spokesperson Sibeth Ndiaye, since she said she wanted to “devote” herself to her family. This macronist from the very first hours, who has focused the lightning of critics on her blunders, does not say a word about her plans for the future. Ditto for the former Ministers of Justice and Agriculture, Nicole Belloubet ("very affected" when leaving) and Didier Guillaume. The ex-PS had not seen the blow coming. He was rude. About ten days ago, he resigned from his post as senator. Will he come back through local politics in Biarritz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)? Or will it move towards the private sector? Summer brings advice.
