"
Betrayed
" by Emmanuel Macron's team on the Place du Modem at the assembly in 2017, his ally François Bayrou was offered financial compensation which he refused, say journalists Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme in their book “
The traitor and nothingness
”.
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The authors, who specify that they have warned the hundred or so interlocutors that they were recording their interviews, quote François Bayrou explaining that he made an agreement with Emmanuel Macron shortly after his election in May 2017 to divide up the 577 constituencies, including 144 for the Modem. But the next day the secretary general of the LREM party Richard Ferrand announced only 16 constituencies for the Modem.
François Bayrou sees red but Emmanuel Macron remains silent.
François Bayrou "
came back to the charge and then finally he grabbed
" constituencies and obtained about fifty seats of deputies, summarize with AFP the authors.
Above all, some macronists have "
implied that they could pay, give us money to compensate
", write Gérard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme, citing François Bayrou who calculates, according to them, the sum of "
four million euros
".
Asked by AFP, the entourage of Richard Ferrand, who has since become president of the National Assembly, said he was "
not aware
" that such a market could have been offered.
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"
There was this moment of tension around the number of deputies that we were going to have and indeed unfortunate words were uttered saying 'if you do not have the number of deputies we can guarantee you resources'
", his side explained Wednesday François Bayrou, interviewed on Europe 1. "
But these are practices that we do not endorse
", he added, specifying that for him, Emmanuel Macron "
is not in small maneuvers
" and that he will vote again "
obviously
" for him if he presents himself in 2022.