To declare himself a candidate for the European elections, Stéphane Séjourné had checked the last week of January in his diary.
But, as the announced reshuffle approached, he also imagined himself becoming Minister of Foreign Affairs.
By appointing him to this post on Thursday January 11, Emmanuel Macron made the decision for him.
With his vast governmental upheaval, the head of state hopes to create an “
electric shock
” to “
win
” the June 9 election, according to his minister Gérald Darmanin.
But his decisions deprive his troops of their “natural candidate”.
Without MEP Stéphane Séjourné, outgoing president of the Renew group,
“how do we see the future?
With what project?”
asks Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, co-leader of the French Macronists in Brussels.
Like other elected officials, who worry off-microphone about a sluggish campaign.
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Thursday evening, Renaissance officials invited Gabriel Attal to speak about it during an executive meeting at the party headquarters.
The opportunity to make a change in the calendar…
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