Michel Barnier, a Prime Minister underneath the surveillance of the RN | EUROtoday

Exit the “new world”. Pressured from all sides to lastly appoint a chief minister, within the hope of ending the political disaster triggered by the dissolution, Emmanuel Macron handed the continuation of his five-year time period, Thursday, September 5, into the fingers of the member of the Les Républicains (LR) celebration, Michel Barnier. Not with out having hesitated, till late morning, with the previous socialist prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Two incarnations of this “old world” and of those “old parties” lengthy vilified by Macronists.

Seeking to keep away from the danger of fast censure of the following authorities by the National Assembly, the pinnacle of state had examined the identify of the previous European commissioner at first of the summer season along with his interlocutors. But it was solely after having dismissed Bernard Cazeneuve on the left, Xavier Bertrand on the appropriate and Thierry Beaudet, president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, on the civil society facet, that Emmanuel Macron significantly thought-about the Barnier speculation. Alexis Kohler, secretary basic of the Elysée, a buddy of the previous minister, known as him on Wednesday morning. The latter glided by bicycle, on the finish of the afternoon, to the Elysée, for a primary one-on-one with the pinnacle of state.

The Gaullist benefited, with a purpose to entry Matignon, from the goodwill of the National Rally (RN), which determined to present him an opportunity. The new Prime Minister “seems to meet at least the first criterion that we had requested, that is to say someone who is respectful of the different political forces”reacted Marine Le Pen, after the announcement from the Elysée. “He is a man who has never been excessive in the way he has spoken about the National Rally, who has never ostracized the RN, he is a man of discussion”the chief of the far-right deputies additional pressured. Michel Barnier's plea in favour of a moratorium on immigration, earlier than the 2022 presidential election, whereas he was eyeing the presidency of the Republic, didn’t go away Marine Le Pen unmoved, who’s happy to not have, ” for once “, ” a crazy immigrationist » at Matignon.

“The least dangerous answer”

“This appointment is justified by the steadiness of a authorities depending on the goodwill of the RN,” worried the former Macronist Sacha Houlié, who now sits among the non-registered. “Marine Le Pen will maintain Barnier in her sights”fears the advisor of a resigning minister.

The entourage of the head of state recognizes that the Barnier option was previously tested with the RN, as with other political forces, and that it did not meet with “no a priori censorship” in the Assembly, while the party with the flame promised a ” computerized censorship » for Xavier Bertrand as for Bernard Cazeneuve.

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