ally of the executive, François Bayrou advocates “completely changing the method” of government

A formal grievance. The president of the MoDem, François Bayrou, ally of the macronie, called on Saturday September 30 to “completely change method” of government. “I believe that governing is not only governing in the name of the people for a defined time, but governing with the people”declared the former minister during the MoDem back-to-school University in Guidel (Morbihan), after interventions by the leaders of the other parties of Emmanuel Macron’s majority, Stéphane Séjourné (Renaissance) and Edouard Philippe (Horizons).

For François Bayrou, “democracy consists of considering citizens as co-responsible. Democracy consists of taking seriously the idea that those who elect you are decision-makers. And not just once every five years. This requires us to completely change method of government. We are not there. Because the powers in general believe that it is like in the past. The powers in general believe that we just have to hold on”he developed.

Lack of “mutual understanding”

But “in the age of omnipresent screens and social networks, this is inconceivable”. “The weight of public opinion is such that if there is not this reciprocal understanding, this shared understanding, then you are in confrontation. And if you are in confrontation, you can no longer govern”warned François Bayrou, ally of Emmanuel Macron since the beginning of 2017. “If we cannot do this (…) I believe that democracy will not resist it”estimated the leader of the MoDem.

“When we are in power and we have information that makes us make decisions, we don’t want to share it. It’s like that, because everyone understands that information is also power”added François Bayrou, who regularly regretted a lack of pedagogy from the government during the pension reform. “This effort is being conducted nowhere in the world. It is up to us, and this is not the first time in history, to be on the front lines of this reinvention of democracy”he concluded.