regardless of some political heavyweights, a group as fragile as that of Michel Barnier | EUROtoday

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Prime Minister François Bayrou at the National Assembly, December 17, 2024.

The authorities of François Bayrou affords a snapshot of the political disaster. On December 23, the day of the appointment of the brand new authorities group, 35 personalities emerged across the new tenant of Matignon after ten days of opaque and laborious negotiations. Enough to vary the political state of affairs?

Four ministers of state, round ten full ministers, 21 delegate ministers and parity displayed… The dedication made by the Head of State in favor of a authorities group “tightened” didn’t maintain, even when François Bayrou has a group that could be a little much less in depth than that of his predecessor Michel Barnier (42 ministers). Above all, the 2 males have in widespread that they’ve did not broaden their parliamentary base, significantly on the left.

“The Bayrou authorities just isn’t higher born than the Barnier authorities. It has no parliamentary legitimacy for the reason that Assembly doesn’t really feel sure by the appointment of François Bayrou nor by that of his authorities., insists Thomas Ehrhard, lecturer in political science on the University of Paris II-Panthéon-Assas.

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