The passage of arms between ministers went to the summit of the executive: Emmanuel Macron reframed his Prime Minister, François Bayrou, and called the government to “Disciplize speech”Thursday July 3, After public quarrels on renewable energies, against the backdrop of presidential ambitions and weakening of the head of government.
Prime Minister “Must direct his government” and ministers “Must take care of the policies they conduct”said the President of the Republic on the sidelines of a trip to Aveyron. Referring to the presidential election, Mr. Macron assured that there would be “The time of debates, programs”but believes that “There is time for the government of France” et “Each minister must take care of the cases for which he is appointed”.
Rare thing, François Bayrou was expressed at the same time as Emmanuel Macron, on BFM-TV, and first called his ministers to cultivate “The spirit of responsibility” to express themselves “With a little more nuances”. Then asked about this live reframing of the Head of State, he explained that he had “Wanted a government of heavy goods vehicles” that we cannot lead “Like a childish class”and denounced “Internal campaigns, political movements”. More ” It is [lui] that contrasts “he assured, denying any mess, since the subject of renewable energies “Is an arbitrated subject. There will be renewable “.
Presidential ambitions of Gabriel Attal, Edouard Philippe and Bruno Retailleau
However, just before going to Matignon on Wednesday evening for an aperitif intended to flatten the dissensions within the common government base, the boss of the Renaissance presidential party, Gabriel Attal, criticized on X Bruno Retailleau. The Minister of the Interior, and new President of the Les Républicains (LR) party, came in a forum published in Le Figaro and co-signed with François-Xavier Bellamy and Julien Aubert to request the stop of “Public subsidies” For wind and photovoltaics.
And “Historical and scientific misinterpretation (…) incomprehensible “launched the former Prime Minister and leader of the deputies of the presidential camp. “You populism”thundered a little later the minister (Renaissance) of the ecological transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, accusing her colleague of wanting “Recovering voices on the right and beyond” and by questioning her ” serious “.
With the producers of Roquefort, the head of state has arranged alongside his camp officials. “We need renewable”he launched, calling for “Getting out of the lubies” and caricatures. Bruno Retailleau has justified himself on the sidelines of a trip to Libourne, Gironde, explaining that she entered the government “To avoid chaos” But by remaining faithful to his ideas.
Relations between party leaders of the common base are all the more stretched since three of them, Gabriel Attal (Renaissance), Edouard Philippe (Horizons) and Bruno Retailleau (Les Républicains), aspire to present themselves to the presidential election and seek to stand out.
François Bayrou weakened
The equation is still complicated by the fact that Mr. Retailleau is both a heavyweight from the government and the president of LR. And, as such, he is likely to express himself on the files of his colleagues. The differences are also spread out because Prime Minister, François Bayrou, seems weakened.
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It is not only always deprived of a majority in the Assembly but has not benefited from the neutrality of the socialists since the failure of the “conclave” on pensions; He entered a delicate area with the preparation of the 2026 budget draft, the main lines of which he will reveal on July 15.
He will have the opportunity to explain it on Wednesday noon, when he received parliamentarians from his coalition for the end of the session.
François Bayrou’s project to establish a proportional voting system for the legislative elections is another subject of tensions. The right is highly opposed. And only the modem within the presidential camp is frankly favorable.
