Around lunch, two unusual guests took their places.
This Monday, June 20, at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne break with their traditional head-to-head: they welcome François Bayrou and Édouard Philippe to the table.
To discover
Find all the results of the legislative elections
The Head of State made it clear the day before, as soon as he failed in the legislative elections: he needs them.
Béarnais and Le Havrais are not the pivotal partners they could have become, assuming that their troops would have made it possible to obtain an absolute majority.
But they stand out as two essential pillars of his camp.
One has 48 elected Democratic Movement (MoDem), the other 29 Horizons deputies, out of the 245 macronists elected to the National Assembly.
The president is not only forced to deal with opposition.
He must also get along with them.
"The Fifth Republic is a parliamentary regime"
, likes to say Édouard Philippe.
"Democratic Secession"
On Wednesday, the former prime minister must once again cross the doors of the Élysée…
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