2023-11-19 18:26:18
Published on Nov. 19, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. Updated on Nov. 19, 2023 at 5:26 p.m.
Never let others make your own assessment, wise policy rule. The budgetary discussion ends in the Assembly without having brought out the hoped-for sources of savings, Bruno Le Maire actively takes the floor again, to promise again and urge. The turn of the screw is coming, we must continue the structural reforms, he said in “La Tribune Dimanche”, accompanied by his colleague from the Budget, Thomas Cazenave.
A tough political autumn, which has so far only left room for Gérald Darmanin, his immigration law and his impertinence, and Gabriel Attal, his offensives against the abaya and school harassment. In July, Bruno Le Maire made a bet: we must stay at Bercy, refuse to change ministries, because soon the moment will come when he can be seen as the one who stemmed inflation, achieved full employment and restored the country on economic track. Yes, but there you have it, the scenario is acting up.
The economy is having hiccups, blue skies are not coming tomorrow, we have to find something else to differentiate ourselves. The minister of “whatever it costs” becomes a rigorous guardian of public finances, in words at least, and a herald of courageous reforms. Even if it means suggesting that Emmanuel Macron is not. “This is the moment of truth for the five-year term,” he insists, as if he were preparing to one day justify a possible departure from the government.
The thrill of Yaël Braun-Pivet
Things aren’t going as planned, in politics either. Before the summer, Bruno Le Maire had identified a main opponent in the succession to Emmanuel Macron for the 2027 presidential election, it was Edouard Philippe. He had not anticipated the great escape of Gérald Darmanin during the summer, who had not foreseen either that Gabriel Attal would become the darling of the microcosm in September.
When the policy is in flux, so far from the deadline moreover, the precasting gets carried away. Everyone has a chance, everyone takes a chance. Gabriel Attal will inevitably be surprised in his turn by someone he didn’t see coming. By Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of the National Assembly, who has just felt the thrill of an appeal launched to the people (the march against anti-Semitism) finding a response? She dreams of it.
The cards turn quickly. The first to sit at the table of succession are threatened by old age and must constantly reinvent themselves to stay in the game. All this in the face of French people tired of political calculations and only aspiring to appeasement, note a study of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation and the CFDT . We will have to play fine.
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