Emmanuel Macron’s consultations for Matignon, proportional representation… François Bayrou’s “8:30 franceinfo” of Tuesday August 27, 2024

The president of the MoDem was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Tuesday August 27, 2024.

Emmanuel Macron’s consultations for the Prime Minister, proportional voting… François Bayrou, president of the MoDem and mayor of Pau, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Tuesday August 27, 2024. He was responding to Bérengère Bonte and Hadrien Bect.

Emmanuel Macron’s consultations: a method that reinforces “the control of the parties”

For François Bayrou, the consultations conducted by Emmanuel Macron with the political parties since Friday, to find the future Prime Minister, are not the right method.The President of the Republic wanted, believed, and I believe in good faith, that in a moment like this, which was very difficult, we could invite political leaders to sit around a table and accept an assessment of the situation and together identify priorities for the country,” Mr. Bayrou first explained.

“It is a methodological error to negotiate a government with the political parties.”

Francois Bayrou

to franceinfo

For him, the strategy of the President of the Republic reinforces “the control of the parties“and prevents a consensus from being reached, according to him.”It is a methodological error to negotiate a government with the political parties.” he said.

Proportional voting: “A necessity to unblock the political situation“

“I advocate for this idea“to introduce proportional voting in the future for”unblock the political situation“, explained François Bayrou. The president of the MoDem wants “a fair electoral law which gives everyone their representation and which therefore removes the need to make unnatural agreements. It is a necessity” he insisted.

🔴 “We have an electoral law whose only question is that you have to be in the second round and to be in the second round, well, you have to form an alliance, even with people with whom you absolutely do not think the same thing,” judges François Bayrou. pic.twitter.com/EeypQ0obmR

— franceinfo (@franceinfo) August 27, 2024

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