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The Minister Delegate in charge of Transport, Clément Beaune, following the Council of Ministers at the Elysée, in Paris, December 20, 2023. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “LE MONDE”
The atmosphere is heavy this Thursday, January 4 at the Hôtel de Roquelaure, boulevard Saint-Germain, in Paris. Clément Beaune knows he is in difficulty. But to what extent? The delegate minister in charge of transport will go to the Aligre market, in his constituency in the 12th arrondissement of the capital, on the weekend of January 6, to, he told the Monde, take the temperature of his Parisian electorate. But, also, to measure the extent of the damage.
The senior civil servant, who has tried over the years to carve out a stature in order to embody the left wing of Macronie, has in recent days taken on the features of a traitor to the social-democratic cause or, worse still, of a coward. Labeled by some of his government colleagues as the leader of a rebellion of ministers carried out in the middle of the vote on the immigration bill, on December 19, 2023, the elected official from Paris denies ever having wanted to resign. And “rejects”, in an interview with Parisian January 4, “the idea of a drift” with the adoption of this text presented by Marine Le Pen as a “ideological victory” of the National Rally (RN).
Faithful from the start, Emmanuel Macron’s former Europe advisor at Bercy and then at the Elysée is certainly hampered by provisions of the law, such as the distinction introduced between foreigners and nationals for the allocation of personal housing assistance ( APL), or this deposit required from foreign students. He also wants to avoid “brand new debate” on state medical aid (AME), which the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, has nevertheless committed, in writing, to the Republicans (LR) to reform at the start of 2024. But there are other ways of acting than resigning, he now says, refusing to follow the path taken by the former Minister of Health, Aurélien Rousseau, who left office on December 20 to avoid carrying out health reform. ‘AME contrary to his convictions.
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“The time had not come”
Clément Beaune claims to want to lead the « combat » from the inside, by devitalizing the immigration law as much as possible, without however claiming a ” return match ” on this text. The Minister of Transport does not mention any ” Red line ” on this subject and prefers to talk about his wish to re-establish a “political balance” for the rest of Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term, thanks to initiatives on Europe, ecology or the fight against discrimination. “I have been involved in this political adventure for ten years. There is a human, emotional connection. Macronism is my story”, he justifies. And if he is well ” ask questions “Clément Beaune judged that “the time had not come” for him to leave his ministry, imagining that his departure would signify the victory of the right wing of Macronie. He concedes, however, that the head of state, in full reflection on a government reshuffle, might well want to separate from him.
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