2024-12-13 17:02:00
In December 2023, when rumors spread of elisabeth Borne replacing Matignon, Marine Le pens advisor, Philippe Olivier, confided his preference: “In these cases, you need someone very political, consensual and respected. The profile is that of François Bayrou: he has good relationships with everyone, he knows how to maneuver. » A year later, the far right got their wish: the centrist they hated the least was appointed head of government, and they promised to give him a chance. Perhaps even until the summer of 2025, when legislative elections can be called again.
After having participated (with the left) in the fall of Michel Barnier’s government on 4 December, the national Rally (RN) seems ready to grant a truce to Bayrou’s. “There will be no a priori censorship”said the president of the Lepéniste party, Jordan Bardella, on Friday 13 December, after the announcement of the centrist’s nomination in Matignon. “Our red lines remain, they will not change”he said, inviting the new head of government to “take into consideration”. “No reimbursement of medicines does not weaken the economic and social situation of pensioners”he recalled.
In turn, Le Pen, leader of the 124 deputies of the RN, invited Bayrou to “feel and listen to the opposition to build a reasonable and considered budget”. “Any other policy that is nothing more than an extension of Macronism, twice rejected at the polls, could only lead to impasse and failure”he warned on the social network “We have symbolic things to approve and I think François Bayrou is smart enough to take them into account, especially the proportional or indexation of pensions”Philippe olivier wants to believe, convinced that, with the Béarnais, “the budget can be adopted”.
“True Democrat”
In Lepenist heads we always find a form of tenderness towards this “tolerant parishioner”Le Pen’s former opponent in the 2012 presidential election, at the time jointly denounced the “UMPS” – the contraction of UMP (the former name of the Les Républicains party) and PS (for Socialist Parties) – in the party. hope of reaching the second round. Both then campaigned on public morality and French manufacturing. One wants to be a bridge between right and left, the other, on the contrary, neither right nor left. The two will neutralize each other.