Despite the denial he made at night, Michel Barnier’s message was well received and more or less appreciated by the different components of his “common base”, that parliamentary alliance of circumstances that allows him to be prime minister. Wednesday, November 13 at the end of the afternoon, The Figaro Barnier reportedly made statements that same day in front of the deputies Les Démocrates (the MoDem group), Ensemble pour la République (EPR, the Renaissance group), Horizons and Droite republicaine (the Les Républicains party group) of the Department of Economic Affairs . Committee meeting in Matignon.
Michel Barnier seemed to call for a union candidacy in the first round of the 2027 presidential elections between the Macronists and their political family, the Republicans (LR). “If we do not have a single candidate from our groups, we will encounter the extreme right and the extreme left in the second round”he warned.
Confirmed by the Prime Minister’s entourage at the Figaro and the AFP, their statements were also addressed to the World by several participants in this meeting. At the beginning of the evening, Michel Barnier backtracked in front of journalists in Brussels, where he was traveling. “I didn’t say that… I simply said that the success of this government – which I have the honor of leading, with plural teams that must learn to work together – that success is fundamental for, whoever the candidate is, a success in 2027”Indian.
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Perhaps Matignon’s host fears that his departure will translate into the desire to be that only candidate, the one who repeats not being interested in the next presidential elections? For one of the participants in this meeting, Julien Dive, the Prime Minister’s statements had the main objective of “cementing our common base.” “His idea is to make the four groups understand that we have to work together and for things to stop pulling in all directions.”deciphers the deputy (related LR) of Aisne. “It reminds us of the demand for results, otherwise the French will have the choice between the extreme right and the extreme left in the second round of 2027.”
Basically, this close friend of Xavier Bertrand still does not prefer to comment. However, the president (LR) of Altos de Francia has been repeating for months in private that he will launch a kind of open primaries with other candidates from the central bloc such as Edouard Philippe, Gabriel Attal, Bruno Le Maire or François Bayrou, he knows who will be better located a few months before the first round. “There is a central block where we will have to unite and be popular,” – Xavier Bertrand confided in spring. He excludes from this bloc his hated rival in LR, Laurent Wauquiez, whom he considers too right-wing to join.
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