A technical profile, or ultimately rather political? Xavier Bertrand or Bernard Cazeneuve? The interminable quest for a new Prime Minister, capable of imposing himself on a fragmented Assembly, continues on Wednesday, September 4 at the Elysée. After circulating the Thierry Beaudet lead on Monday, to embody a team “technical”the president has “tested” more political options Tuesday by polling “the hypotheses” of the president of the Hauts-de-France region and the former socialist Prime Minister to access Matignon. Follow our live broadcast.
Bernard Cazeneuve’s profile still divides the PS. The national bureau of the Socialist Party rejected Tuesday evening a proposal that would commit the party not to vote for a motion of censure against a government led by the former Socialist Prime Minister. The national bureau had been convened at the request of several party figures, including Hélène Geoffroy and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, hostile to the current leadership of the party and demanding not to censure a cohabitation government led by the Socialist to avoid “the impasse” and not “not to be auxiliaries of La France Insoumise”.
Dams promised against Xavier Bertrand. The National Rally, which has 126 members in the Assembly, has already announced that it would vote for a censure against a government led by Xavier Bertrand. On the other hand, the RN says it is ready to accept a technical government if it is notably tasked with setting up proportional representation. The PS would also censure the president of the Hauts-de-France region if he were appointed Prime Minister, the political service of franceinfo learned from several sources internal to the party.
Edouard Philippe declares himself a candidate for the presidential election. While the political situation is stagnating, the former Prime Minister of Emmanuel Macron has chosen to open a new front on his side by formalizing his candidacy for the “next presidential election”scheduled for 2027.