Barnier’s dilemma vis-à-vis the RN | EUROtoday

Matignon cultivates unusual modesty on the subject of the National Rally and the contacts he might keep with it. The revelation of the telephone name made by Michel Barnier to Marine Le Pen on the finish of September had, we agree, brought on a stir, wrongly giving the impression that the pinnacle of presidency was treating with deference the girl who holds his authorities in her fingers.

So a lot in order that we appear to maneuver from one extra to a different, the uncommon contacts with the RN and its allies being revealed solely in dribs and drabs when the query is duly requested. “They are being treated,” assures the Prime Minister’s entourage. Matignon’s parliamentary advisor, Matthieu Labbé, spoke with the final secretaries of the RN and UDR teams (Union of Rights for the Republic), respectively Renaud Labay…