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“It weakens everything”: Bayrou’s bloodshed opens a crisis in the midst of reshuffle negotiations

2024-02-07T21:32:30.533Z

Highlights: Francois Bayrou announced that he would not enter the government as part of the second wave of the reshuffle. Bayrou had almost obtained what he wanted, says a witness to the negotiations. Yet another Trafalgar move from the mayor of Pau, who, in recent days, has played with the nerves of the Prime Minister and Emmanuel Macron. “Everything was going too well until then. In short, it was too good to be true, knowing this cumbersome ally... renowned for being unpredictable and tough in business,” says the witness.


Wednesday evening, the head of MoDem announced that he would not enter government, triggering an earthquake at the top of the state. The name of


No official reaction from Gabriel Attal.

This Wednesday, February 7, shortly after 7:30 p.m., when the urgent news from AFP came, Matignon was stunned.

François Bayrou has just announced that, due to a lack of “profound agreement on the policy to follow”, he would not enter the government as part of the second wave of the reshuffle.

Yet another Trafalgar move from the mayor of Pau, who, in recent days, has played with the nerves of the Prime Minister and Emmanuel Macron.

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“However, in the afternoon they had talked about the number of MoDem ministers in the government.

Bayrou had almost obtained what he wanted,” says a witness to the negotiations.

Problem is, in this configuration, the High Commissioner for Planning did not himself appear in the casting.

The same interlocutor continues, suddenly lucid: “Everything was going too well until then.

» In short, it was too good to be true, knowing this cumbersome ally... renowned for being unpredictable and tough in business.

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Source: leparis

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