On Monday evening, in the middle of the meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Crisis Unit (CIC) dedicated to the martyrdom of Mayotte, this exclamation from a participant pierces the background noise: “The Prime Minister is no longer here. » Emmanuel Macron raises his nose, sweeps the screens with a perplexed look. François Bayrou left the meeting, followed by video from Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), to go and preside over the municipal council of his city. Faced with those who, by leaving the CIC, try to extract criticism from him, the president remains blocked. There is tension in the air.
Privately, the tenant of the Elysée considers it “incongruous” that Bayrou left for his stronghold instead of staying in Paris to physically attend this crisis meeting. “It is not in Pau that we will solve the problem of Mayotte”, echoes a elected official who enters the Palace and is its exegete. When a Macronist lieutenant feels fully authorized to torpedo: “The president lost patience when he saw the Prime Minister going to Pau in a Falcon. He considers it like Jean-François Mattei in a polo during the 2003 heat wave, a huge mistake. »
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