2024-09-10 17:32:19
In parallel with the law of his government, Michel Barnier began, this Tuesday, September 10, the journey of the parliamentary parties of the center and the right, whose support is not completely accepted, starting with the elected Macronists.
Information to remember
⇒ PS rejects a meeting with Barnier, PCF accepts but “without confusion”
⇒ Gabriel Attal rejects “any arbitrary ban” but says “the right to ask”
⇒ Gérard Larcher assured that LR will be able to participate in the government
PS rejects a meeting with Barnier, PCF accepts but “without confusion”
Socialist leaders Olivier Faure and Boris Vallaud, contacted by Matignon, refused any meeting with Prime Minister Michel Barnier before presenting his general policy declaration to the Assembly, their parties indicated this Tuesday.
The Communists, for their part, will be accepted on September 17 by Michel Barnier, but the party’s national secretary, Fabien Roussel, said “without illusions” about the new head of government, “who has 50 years of life the political world and not at all. do anything socially in our country. ” The first left-wing leader to report a meeting with the new Prime Minister, Fabien Roussel confirmed on Europe 1 and CNews his intention to vote for censure against his government.
For his part, in France 2, the national coordinator of the LFI Manuel Bompard indicated that he did not receive an invitation and suggested that his party would not meet the Prime Minister anyway. “We will talk about it with my colleagues, but it seems to me in any case that first of all, there is a real desire to overthrow it,” he said.
Barnier calls for making age law “essential”
Inaction is no longer an option”: elected officials and actors in the sector urge the new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, this Tuesday to pass the age law, promised in 2018 by Emmanuel Macron but postponed again and again, especially in view of the approaching “world wall”.
The priority of the future government of Michel Barnier, who was appointed Prime Minister on September 5, and of the future minister responsible for the case must be “the law of the age”, estimated the President of the French Hospital ( FHF), Arnaud Robinet, during the national nursing meetings in Paris. Faced with the “territorial wall” which is approaching – according to the latest forecasts in 2040, 15% of the population will be over 75 – “indifference is not an option today”, estimated who is also the Mayor (Horizons) of Reims.
“The subject can not be ignored in the coming weeks and months, the next government must follow in priority the acceptance” of the law on aging well in March, he added. “There is an emergency there.”
Renaissance expects “strong commitments” from Barnier on its program and values
Representatives of the Renaissance group, now called the Ensemble pour la République, will receive the Prime Minister this Tuesday at 7:00 pm in Rosny-sur-Seine (Yvelines), at the end of their parliamentary return day. Their leader Gabriel Attal said today during a group meeting that they expect “strong commitments” from the new prime minister on their “system” and their “values”. “Our first task” is “to do everything to make it work,” previously Michel Barnier said in Matignon. “We cannot have an indefensible blockade when we see the hopes of France,” he added, believing that “freezing the country means sinking the country.” But “besides the jobs, we also have rights. We have the right to ask. No majority can be written without us. No election can be accepted without us”, underlined the outgoing President.
Gabriel Attal also recalled the president’s desire to see Michel Barnier use “people from the Republican right, the center, and the Republican left” to form his government. During this same meeting, the minister who resigned and the new vice-president of the National Assembly, Roland Lescure, spoke about the possible “imbalance” with the people that Michel Barnier could use to form his party. Without mentioning any names, it is likely that he targeted the workers of the right-wing party Les Républicains (LR).
Darmanin postponed his political return
While waiting for the new government, the Minister of the Interior of the Interior and the Overseas Territories Gérald Darmanin has decided to postpone his political return originally planned for Sunday in the Tourism (North) to the end of September . “What the primary republican needs is for the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister to work on the composition of a government and not hinder this important political period,” said those around him. However according to this source, 900 people have registered for the event, 150 elected representatives and 90 legislators have confirmed their presence.
For de Courson, reducing the deficit to 3% in 2027 is “impossible” in the “current political situation”
While Bruno Le Maire confirmed on Monday that France can meet its target of a public deficit of 5.1% of GDP in 2024 and 3% in 2027, the general budget reporter, Charles de Courson (Liot group), revealed doubt it this tuesday. “I think that in the current political situation, it is not possible to return to 3%, which is our commitment in 2027,” he explained on RMC / BFMTV, judging that “the efforts are completely inappropriate in view of the composition of Country.Assembly.
If the MP considers these savings “technically possible”, he asked: “What can be more visible for the policy of recovery of public finances?” “But the highest one must be economic on spending” even if “we will not escape some measures on revenues”, he also calculated.
Medef expects “truthful” decisions.
Guest of RTL this Tuesday morning, Medef President Patrick Martin said that he expected “real” decisions from the new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, “given the economic situation.” “Generally speaking, in the context of the European and then the legislative elections, we have completely left the economy in a part of a virtual world where there are no deficits, where there is no competition, where there are no competitive issues.” , he expressed concern, before adding: “I hope that the Prime Minister to consider this situation and from there, does not move on some proposals instead of those from La France insoumise”, such as the cancellation of the new financial reform retirement.
Patrick Martin also sees the choice of Michel Barnier for Matignon “rather reassuring”: “To know him a little, he is a man with a lot of level, a lot of determination and a lot of experience. I don’t think he will make any changes to us. Tap dance numbers, that he will make comments from the stage He will go forward, that’s what we need,” expected the head of the organization of the first national employers.
Larcher opened the door
The Prime Minister’s program can also make way for the parliamentary days of his own political family, Les Républicains (LR) who have a rich idea of meeting on Wednesday and Friday in Aix-les-Bains, at the Savoyard fortress Michel’s Barnier. There was a strong signal on Monday evening from the LR Leader of the Senate Gérard Larcher that widened the door for the far-right party to participate in Barnier’s party.
“The Prime Minister seems to me that he has approved our proposals and I believe that we will be able to participate in the government,” he said in Figaro.
Because the strong man of the right, Laurent Wauquiez, is asking after the first exchange in Matignon last Friday. Its 47 representatives will only play “on a plan” that gets its priorities – especially in terms of immigration and security – “and something else”.
Matignon denied considering the creation of an Immigration Ministry
Prime Minister Michel Barnier does not plan to create a special ministry to immigration, Matignon said on Monday, when asked about the “ongoing reflection” in this direction reported by franceinfo.
The head of the government “is wary of the effects of the announcements and wants to take care of the subject of the immigration operation”, argued his actions. “On the road, as on the designs of this important policy for France, he is thinking about the most effective ways to get results,” we added.
A little while ago, franceinfo has confirmed that Michel Barnier is considering “the return of the Ministry of Immigration”, a title that has not been in the government since 2010.
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