What should the future head of government look like?
François Bayrou has a precise idea.
Guest of the RTL- Le Figaro
-LCI Grand Jury on
Sunday, the president of the MoDem and partner of Emmanuel Macron painted his ideal portrait of the future tenant of Matignon, whose identity is still unknown.
A portrait that differs slightly from that presented by the Head of State.
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Will there be, for the first time since 1992, a woman with this keychain?
Listening to François Bayrou, the subject is actually secondary.
Because "
it is less important than the other characteristics of this function, today eminent in a situation so heavy that one cannot ignore it
".
“
I have a hard time judging people based on their gender.
I say it all the more since, as everyone knows, I have worked all my life with women
, ”he explained as if to warn of any trial for misogyny.
“
I am not for single-gender universes, I am for mixed universes
,” he continued.
Instead, the mayor of Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) highlighted three qualities which seem to him more essential.
First, “
leadership
”, because “
you need the ability to address the country, to tell your fellow citizens, your compatriots, essential things about them and about the future that we are going to build together
”.
Then, enough "
experience
" to allow the captain at the helm to manage the storms that are coming.
Finally, a “
fairly great empathy with the president
”, because “
things can only go wrong
” when tensions agitate Matignon and the Élysée.
“
The atmosphere should not be that at the top of the state.
»
“No, I will not accept a function of minister”
But who could tick all those boxes?
When questioned, François Bayrou did not risk proposing names.
Could he himself embody what he describes?
"
You can clearly see that the composite portrait today does not correspond exactly, in any case from the genetic point of view, to what has been announced
", he contented himself with sweeping, without issuing a formal "no". .
Regarding a government portfolio, the city councilor, on the other hand, was clearer.
"
A priori no, I will not accept a function of minister
", he said.
“
It is not easy to retrace your steps
”, he added, five years after having very briefly held the post of Keeper of the Seals and twenty-five years after having been Minister of National Education.
François Bayrou still hopes to see "
as many and more
" personalities from the MoDem - who are currently three in number - to be named.
“
We have a breeding ground
,” he rejoiced.
Before evoking one of his "
prides
", that "
to have saved and developed a political movement which is of great integrity and which has been able to give birth to new generations
".
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According to the elected, his party is also, within the presidential majority, the one with
the "
most characterized " "
philosophy
".
Whether it is “
integrity in terms of the political philosophy that we share, values, a very great solidarity between us
”.
“
It is a commando which has succeeded, I now believe, in rooting an image in French political life
”, he still congratulated himself.
After having praised the action of the MoDem for a long time, François Bayrou also spoke of the “
different positions
” which sometimes opposed him to Edouard Philippe.
Admittedly, "
there were tensions
", also because of "
the temperament which is ours
", but he assured him that he had noticed that this "
kind of fratricidal struggle that they were trying to impose on us
", "
it was silly
”.
From now on, the chosen one affirms that the two men are far from the "
clashes
".
At this stage, however, he refuses to raise the question of the succession which will arise quickly, and is content to recall that "
the presidential election is not an election which is decided by structures of
