Marine Le Pen’s formal refusal to appoint Michel Barnier
A phone call? What phone call? Marine Le Pen and her entourage set out on Sunday morning in their stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais) to refute information provided on Friday by France Inter, later detailed in The Sunday newspaper and in Current values. According to these media, Emmanuel Macron himself contacted Marine Le Pen on Thursday morning to make sure for the last time that there was no automatic censure by the National Rally against Michel Barnier, who was appointed Prime Minister a few hours later. The phone call would have been made after the particularly fierce intervention of Jean-Philippe Tanguy, close to the head of the far-right deputies, who called Michel Barnier a “a fossil” and I like it “one of the stupidest men in the world”my Republic has given ».
Mine clearance mission, Sunday morning: “I urge you not to believe what is written in the newspapers, it can bring you closer to the truth”begins. Then to clarify: “No, no, no. I didn’t have an exchange [jeudi] with Emmanuel Macron. » Those around her say she is particularly upset by items described as “cans”. A deputy close to Marine Le Pen, however, confirms a telephone call with Thierry Solère, also described as “the agent of manipulation” of the Elysée with the patron saint of the far right. Who, therefore, validated the choice of Michel Barnier at Matignon with, according to the version, Emmanuel Macron or his unofficial advisor.
On Sunday morning, for her return to Parliament, she largely saved the new prime minister, who has not yet met with her. It is certainly “under surveillance”but “It is not a threat, it is an arithmetic fact”She also seems reluctant to censure Michel Barnier immediately after the general policy speech, and the prime minister’s first real hurdle will be the vote on the budget, which the National Rally is unlikely to vote on. Will he therefore be censured if the budget is approved under Article 49.3 of the Constitution?
The two-time presidential finalist is already sharpening her knives to avoid appearing complacent about the snow, three months after the revelation of her Parisian dinners with Edouard Philippe and the Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, at the Solère de Thierry. “We will not give a blank checkhe said in the red brick garden of his parliamentary office. In the coming weeks, we will be asked to indicate to the Prime Minister our red lines and the measures that we consider important and whose consideration is essential to respect the vote of our 11 million voters. (…) If, as the weeks go by, the French are once again forgotten or mistreated, we will not hesitate to censure the government. Let things be made very clear once again. »
