Bayrou “for complete or almost complete renewal” of the cabinet

2024-09-16 09:03:17

The head of the MoDem François Bayrou confirmed on Sunday that he is in favor of a “complete or almost complete reform of the government”, while warning that the “control” of the Republicans over the authority of Prime Minister Michel Barnier “is not it will work”.

“I am for a complete or almost complete renewal of the government so that we have another way, another attraction, other faces,” said François Bayrou on BFMTVat a time when Michel Barnier is increasing contacts to build his administration.

“Need to gather our strength”

The boss of Modem called the head of government to consider in the composition of his leadership “diversity” and “pluralism” resulting from the elections during the early legislative elections.

“The message of this election is that we need to gather our strength to face the challenges that face us,” he explained, judging the “reassurance” of a government led by the Republicans, the political family of Michel Barnier.

If there is a “control”, “it cannot work”, affirms François Bayrou, he says that Modem participates in the leadership that dominates the right, and he does not believe that the Prime Minister can “lock himself in the hyper-less partisan option . »

LR Group “cannot submit its policy”

The leader of the MoDem group in the Assembly Marc Fesneau has already stepped up to the plate this weekend, for sure La Tribune Sunday that a group of 47 representatives “could not impose its policy”; as the minister who resigned Jean-Noël Barrot, also MoDem, who calculated it JDD that the weight of the LR in the government “cannot exceed that of his party in the National Assembly”.

LR has approved on Thursday the process of participation in the government to be written by Michel Barnier, a member of their group, appointed to Matignon by Emmanuel Macron two months after the legislative elections to try to solve the political crisis linked to the absence of the majority . .

The names of the first LR leaders (Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau, Annie Genevard) are circulating for access to government. Elected on September 5, Michel Barnier must announce “next week” the composition of his government.