The die is cast: this Thursday evening, Michel Barnier sent the Élysée his list of 38 candidates for the new government. Nine of the 38 names mentioned are from the Republican camp.
A “government” “ready to act at the service of the French”: this is what the new government team that Prime Minister Michel Barnier promised the President should be like, the text says. On Thursday, September 19, at the beginning of the evening, Matignon’s new tenant had an appointment at the Élysée to present to Emmanuel Macron the “short list” of 38 political figures who could join his government. Of course, the president will have the final say, but in a semi-cohabiting government, the president will not have much room for manoeuvre…
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Emmanuel Macron will of course have to deal with the opposition. The new government will only include seven Macronists, two MoDem members and one Horizons member. This will apply, among other things, to: Sébastien LecornuMinister of the Armed Forces since 2022 – resigned: The person concerned, former member of the Republicans and former senator, has held on tightly to his seat. The former president of the Eure Regional Council should not be rejected by the new Prime Minister or President.
Nine ministries for the Republicans
The Republicans will have nine “positions” in the next government, three of which are complete. This is, among others, the case of the Ministry of the Interior. During a video conference with Republican parliamentarians this Thursday evening, Laurent Wauquiez mentioned the following name: Bruno Retail Store. The President of the Senators Les Républicains has in fact actively participated in the consultations that have taken place in recent days. He also opposed Gérald Darmanin, the former tenant of the Place Beauvau, on the Immigration Law that Gérald Darmanin proposed at the end of 2023. In fact, the Senate had largely reworked and consolidated the text worn by the former tenant of the Minister of the Interior.
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And for the rest? Michel Barnier recommends Modem Jean-Noel Barrot In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. An economist by training, the person concerned has been the Minister Delegate for Europe in the French government since last February. Patrick HetzelThe LR deputy would be offered to the Higher Education, the LR deputy and secretary general, Annie Genevard To agriculture, Osman Nasrou secularism, Jean-Lous Thieriot To the veterans, Laurence Garnier To the family, Sophie Primas Foreign Trade and Tourism. Republican François-Noël Buffet will have the Overseas portfolio and will have much to do with the particularly tense situation in Martinique.
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Missing from the list: Laurent Wauquiez. LR leader Laurent Wauquiez announced to the deputies of his group in the National Assembly that he had given up on joining the Michel Barnier government after rejecting the Finance portfolio, according to one of those who attended this meeting. “Michel Barnier offered me Bercy and that’s why I refused to remain at the head of the group,” said the deputy for Haute-Loire. The mystery also continues for the ministries of Education, Justice, Sports, Culture and even Ecological Transformation.
