François Bayrou appointed Prime Minister: the primary political reactions | EUROtoday

Shortly after his appointment to Matignon, François Bayrou may boast, Friday December 13, of the help of the Macronist bloc, whereas receiving the frank hostility of La France insoumise, the clear reserve of the opposite left-wing events and a sure weighting from the intense proper, ready to see.

On the aspect of presidential campJean-Noël Barrot, the resigning Minister (MoDem) of Europe and Foreign Affairs, thought of on “meet the country’s deep needs for appeasement and unity, the need for everyone to find their place and be considered.”

“I know he [François Bayrou] has the qualities to defend the general interest and build the essential stability that the French expect”for his half assured Gabriel Attal, the president of Renaissance. In a fragmented National Assembly, the latter assured that the deputies of the presidential group “share these objectives and [se] will hold[t] by his side ».

The vice-president of the Assembly Roland Lescure (Renaissance) also welcomed the appointment of François Bayrou, saying that he was “the man for the job at a time when the country needs courage and dialogue more than ever”.

HAS RIGHTValérie Pécresse, former Les Républicains (LR) candidate for the Elysée, despatched her congratulations to François Bayrou, including that “the general interest must be our compass” and that “the urgency is to put our finances and our Republic in order”.

“Politics of doom”

At theexcessive properbecause it had executed with Michel Barnier, the National Rally instructed that it could give the long run authorities an opportunity. “There will be no a priori censorship”declared Jordan Bardella, the president of the occasion. In budgetary issues, “our red lines remain, they will not vary”he added, specifying: “No reimbursement of medicines, do not weaken the economic and social situation of retirees. » In Mr. Bardella’s eyes, the new prime minister will have to “take into consideration the new political situation”.

The president of the RN group within the National Assembly, Marine Le Pen, requested Mr. Bayrou “to undertake what his predecessor did not want to do: hear and listen to opposition to construct a reasonable and thoughtful budget”. “Any other policy which would only be an extension of macronism, rejected twice at the polls, could only lead to impasse and failure”she writes on the social community X.

As for Eric Ciotti, the president of the Union of Democrats for the Republic (UDR) group within the Assembly, he stated he had “respect” for François Bayrou, including that he “will not[it] not the subject of censorship, a priori”from his troops. Basically, the RN’s ally calls the brand new head of presidency “to get out of the fiscal madness of 40 billion in taxes carried by Emmanuel Macron and the previous government”.

On the aspect of the LEFTinstantly after the announcement of the appointment of Mr. Bayrou, Mathilde Panot, the chief of the La France insoumise (LFI) deputies, denounced “one more candidacy for Emmanuel Macron’s reprieve”. She felt that “two clear choices are available to the country: the continuity of the policies of misfortune with François Bayrou or the rupture”. She signaled that her occasion supposed to censure the Bayrou authorities as quickly as potential. “Two choices will be available to deputies: support for saving Macron or censorship. We made ours. »

“Bad vaudeville”

As for the Socialist Party (PS), it calls, in a letter addressed to the brand new Prime Minister, to surrender article 49.3 of the Constitution in change for non-censorship, and broadcasts that it “do not participate[a] not to [son] government and remain[a] from then on in opposition to Parliament ». Socialists believe that“by once again choosing a prime minister from his own camp, the President of the Republic takes responsibility for aggravating the political and democratic crisis in which he has placed the country since the dissolution of the National Assembly”.

“Bad vaudeville”lamented on BFM-TV the nationwide secretary of Ecologists, Marine Tondelier. According to her, “the more Emmanuel Macron loses electoral ground, the more he clings to those very close to him who embody the most faithful Macronism. It’s incomprehensible on an electoral level.” She added that the Environmentalists would “look carefully” if the brand new Prime Minister undertakes to not resort to 49.3.

An absence of censorship from the Ecologists will rely particularly, in response to her, on the profiles chosen to make up the federal government. “If it’s to keep the same, to leave Bruno Retailleau inside, to do nothing on pensions, ecology, tax justice, I don’t see what other choice we will have [que la censure] »she warned.

Fabien Roussel, the national secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), declared for his part that his party would not seek to censor the government a priori. He asked, on BFM-TV, that the Prime Minister “commits not to apply 49.3, this is how there will be no censorship in the face”. Moreover, he thought of that the appointment of a main minister from the presidential camp “sends the wrong signal”.

It’s worse than that, in response to Somme deputy François Ruffin, who judged that by appointing the “guardian of his balance sheet” Emmanuel Macron dedicated “madness for the country, for its democracy”. In his eyes, “each day that passes raises the question of the president’s resignation.”