François Bayrou asserts his independence earlier than saying his authorities | EUROtoday

Barely put in on the city corridor of Pau, François Bayrou proposed, in a sober and mournful tone, a minute of silence. This Monday, December 16, the brand new Prime Minister needs to pay tribute to the hundreds of victims – in response to the newest estimates – of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte. The island affords the spectacle of devastation and chaos. A scenario “extremely worrying”estimates the tenant of Matignon.

But it was not the Prime Minister who spoke that night. It’s the mayor. Or quite each. Between his duties at Rue de Varenne and his mandate on the head of the Béarnaise city which he has held since 2014, François Bayrou has determined “not to choose”, we inform Matignon. It would not matter what the Elysée thinks. To hell with the customized which had pressured his predecessors, from Jean Castex to Edouard Philippe, to desert their city corridor to raised handle the affairs of the nation.

From Pau, that night, François Bayrou went even additional and known as for a rethinking of the legislation on the non-cumulative mandates, which has prevented, since 2014, a deputy from being mayor, and vice versa. “This debate must be resumed”, he mentioned, saying that he will recommend “to future members of my government to keep their mandates” and “to other [qui n’ont pas de mandat] to have a small antenna on the ground ». And the boss of MoDem summoned the memory of Pierre Mauroy, the former prime minister of François Mitterrand, mayor of Lille. “We could hear the rooting in his voice,” he sighs, somewhat wistfully.

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