A man of compromise takes the place of Julien Denormandie in Agriculture.
The centrist of the Democratic Movement (MoDem) Marc Fesneau, 51, was reappointed Friday in the government of Elisabeth Borne.
He is leaving the Ministry of Relations with Parliament, where he moved to in 2018.
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This close friend of François Bayrou, of a discreet nature, has forged a reputation as a negotiator and elected official.
A foothold in Paris, where, from the Hôtel de Clermont, he worked for four years to smooth relations between parliamentarians and members of the executive.
Another in his constituency of Marchenoir, his village in Loir-et-Cher, where he is seeking re-election to the National Assembly.
In 2020, however, he regretted his failure in the regional elections in Centre-Val de Loire.
appliance man
Convinced that
"the balance of power does not need to be warlike"
, this man of apparatus, former leader of the MoDem deputies, learned the art of conciliation alongside centrist figures.
In particular Jacqueline Gourault, today a member of the Constitutional Council, of which he was the parliamentary assistant in the Senate.
In recent weeks, he has negotiated for the MoDem a hundred nominations for the legislative elections, with the President of the National Assembly, Richard Ferrand.
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Bon vivant, bow hunter, Marc Fesneau long imagined himself at the Ministry of Agriculture.
His friends remember that he was in charge of agricultural issues in the "shadow government" installed by François Bayrou, with a view to the 2012 presidential election. The former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe recognizes several qualities in him, in his latest book
Impressions and Lines claires
(JC Lattès):
"Solid, reliable, agile, loyal, discreet, able to anticipate and remain positive even when he expresses his doubts"
, he writes.
