Laurent Wauquiez, from the “inside” to the surface of the federal government with out going via Bercy | EUROtoday

What do Philippe Brun, Valérie Rabault, Stéphane Le Foll and Laurent Wauquiez have in widespread? All 4 declined a ministerial place in Michel Barnier's authorities, however solely the final named doesn’t have a Socialist Party card.

On the night of Thursday, September 19, the chief of the Republican Right (DR) group introduced to his deputies that he had refused the financial system portfolio: “From the beginning, I said that entering government was not my obsession.” But so as to add additional an exception: the Ministry of the Interior, the place the deputy of Haute-Loire thought “to be able to be useful”The remotely linked parliamentarians didn’t expertise the announcement as a revelation. All are conscious of their chief's ambitions.

A latest ambition. The begin of the 2024 college 12 months was to mark a really gradual break with its technique of shortage of the president of Les Républicains (LR) within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area. The shock dissolution of June 6 accelerated the schedule of the candidate for the Elysée between the legislative elections, the return to the National Assembly and the taking of the group. Initially against any authorities coalition, Laurent Wauquiez perceives the suggestions from the sphere. The folks of the best help the participation of LR personalities in a Barnier authorities.

Donning the costume of “father of rigor”

This is sweet information, there isn’t a scarcity of volunteers. As is usually the case, the previous Minister of Higher Education is weighing up all of the choices earlier than setting his sights on the inside. With a view to 2027, Beauvau is seen because the least slippery launching pad. There, he’ll be capable of embody (right-wing) authority, observe within the footsteps of Nicolas Sarkozy between 2005 and 2007, and keep away from diluting his political supply an excessive amount of within the Macronist “at the same time”.

But Mr. Wauquiez can at all times warn that that “will be inside or nothing”Michel Barnier has one other undertaking for the one whose assist has confirmed invaluable, to beat Xavier Bertrand to the put up, within the race for Matignon. Last week, the Prime Minister supplied him the financial system, with out the finances, however with a scope prolonged to finance and employment, like Christine Lagarde, between 2007 and 2011. Others would have signed with each fingers, however accepting Bercy additionally means donning the costume of “father of austerity”, not probably the most comfy outfit with a public deficit anticipated at 4.6% of the gross home product for 2024.

On Thursday, nothing has but been determined when Laurent Wauquiez crosses the courtyard of Matignon alongside Bruno Retailleau, for a gathering with the opposite parts of the brand new majority. Since the start, Michel Barnier has famous for the inside the title of the senator from Vendée in whom “he has full confidence”, signifies a detailed buddy. Despite an typically flamboyant anti-Macronism, Mr. Retailleau was thought of a dependable ally through the pension reform by Macronie.

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