And suddenly time is suspended. On purpose perhaps. Since his re-election, celebrated soberly on Sunday April 24 at the Champ-de-Mars, Emmanuel Macron has been slowly refining the architecture of his future government, insensitive to rumors and names suggested like so many CVs sent. The ministers in place wonder. Will the need for renewal sweep them away? Will their loyalty save them? Some are resigned, conscious of having had their day. Others are anxious, in a hurry to be part of the adventure again. But no one is certain.
“Few people have access to the central software”, observes a close friend of the Head of State. A hard drive located not far from the office of Alexis Kohler, secretary general of the Elysée, which should, in all likelihood, decide with the head of state the contours of the next government, during the next week. This first version, which would only include the large portfolios, could subsequently be amended and amplified to adapt to the coloring of the result of the second all of the legislative elections, on June 19.
Mr. Macron, “very, very free”
Unlike 2017, when Emmanuel Macron, new in politics, had made the amateurism of his troops a virtue, the President of the Republic has, this time, a wide range of possibilities. According to those close to him, the tenant of the Elysée would feel like this, “very, very free”. Free to draw from among its faithful or its late rallies, free to mix and match its cast of “techno” profiles, politicians and members of civil society. Free also to show its desire for “enlargement” by appealing to members of the opposition, as long as they prove to be “macroncompatible”. An invitation could even be sent to the ecologist Yannick Jadot, provided that he does not flirt with the idea of degrowth and assumes pro-nuclear. The openness would thus inevitably stop at the borders of extremes and radicalism: out of the question for a “rebellious” or a figure from the extreme right, even repentant, to enter the government.
Among the names already cited for “being in” are the “solid”, those who have not been unworthy during this five-year term. Thus Gabriel Attal, current government spokesman, who has become indispensable to the Head of State, like Julien Denormandie, today in agriculture. Gérald Darmanin, for the time being at the Ministry of the Interior, Sébastien Lecornu (overseas), Clément Beaune (European affairs), Amélie de Montchalin (civil service) or even the much appreciated Joël Giraud (local authorities) could also remain at the government. At what position? Mystery.
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