At the beginning of January, just after the appointment of Gabriel Attal to Matignon, an Elysee advisor in favor of this choice is jubilant.
This time, Emmanuel Macron did not listen to those who wanted to dissuade him from playing this card.
Starting with François Bayrou, the boss of MoDem, and Richard Ferrand, the former president of the National Assembly.
“Macronism is not a juxtaposition of feudalities”
, triumphs this advisor, mocking the failure of
“the boomer revolt”
.
“Obviously, when you tell a generation that it’s over for them, they take it badly.
But the Fifth Republic is not the nursing home of the Fourth.”
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While Emmanuel Macron is preparing to complete the government with around fifteen delegate ministers and secretaries of state, a priori this Monday or Tuesday, these remarks give an idea of the violence of the struggles for influence around the head of the 'State.
The appointment of Attal and his right-leaning team displeased the president's "grognards", these confidants at his side since his first...
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