Elisabeth Borne, a disavowed prime minister and losing authority

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2023-06-01 01:59:00

The case was deemed serious enough to force Emmanuel Macron to mix national and international files. Wednesday, May 31, from Bratislava where he attended the Globsec forum on security in Eastern and Northern Europe, the Head of State made it clear that his Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, was in no way disqualified . “She has all my confidence”he assured. « When I have things to say to my prime ministers for six years, I say it in a singular colloquium where nothing comes out and we settle things together, ” did he report. “Some obviously must have misunderstood,” abounded the Prime Minister in an interview with West France, published in the evening.

The day before, during the Council of Ministers, Emmanuel Macron had scathing words towards the Matignon tenant and his way of qualifying the National Rally, a parts “Pétain’s heir” had she pointed the previous weekend on Radio J. According to participants, whose comments were reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP), Le Figaro et the Parisian, Emmanuel Macron had called for an end to “the attacks of the 1990s” against the RN. A line supported from the Slovak capital where Emmanuel Macron pleaded to fight against the far-right party with elements « concrets » and no longer only with arguments “historical and moral”. A reframing, therefore. ” Good for her “whispered an adviser to the Elysée.

“At no time did Emmanuel Macron refer to the remarks of the Prime Minister made on radio J. I have fought the National Front for a very long time and I recognize myself in the balance struck by the President between the fight on the ground of the real and on the ground of morality”relativizes the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti.

Regular target of Elysian Spikes

Stunned, some parliamentarians, such as the deputy for Paris, Gilles Le Gendre, sent a message of support to the head of government, whose father was a survivor of Auschwitz, by text message. On France Inter, Wednesday, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, assured that “the Prime Minister is perfectly justified in recalling this story” you RN. “The truth is cruel. The Prime Minister called her back, it’s beneficial”had tweeted on Sunday, the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, surprised by the sudden presidential anger.

The former prefect, damaged by the pension reform fiasco, is the regular target of Elysian pikes. During her interview with the 1 p.m. television news on France 2 and TF1 on March 22, Emmanuel Macron had charged her “to enlarge the majority”completing his remarks with a “I hope she will succeed”suggesting that a failure would sign the end of their collaboration.

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