“He embarked on a kamikaze operation,” breathes a pillar of the MoDem.
The day after François Bayrou's thunderous declarations to confirm the fact that he will not enter the government, against a backdrop of political disagreement, the High Commissioner for Planning did not only open up an (umpteenth) crisis within the majority.
He has also generated internally, in his own party, a front against him which could leave its mark.
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The dinner which was held on Wednesday evening with the main executives of the movement, for a seminar of MoDem deputies organized by Marc Fesneau at the Ministry of Agriculture, was also the framework for a frank explanation between the mayor of Pau – who was invited there at the last minute – and his lieutenants.
“You’re screwing us up!”
» thunders MP Jean-Louis Bourlanges.
“Sometimes, François, we would like to talk a little more with you,” whispers another, disappointed to have discovered the boss's remarks, like everyone else, by reading the AFP dispatch which fell a few minutes before the start of the feast.
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