The outcome is near. By refusing to return to government, François Bayrou has removed a significant unknown from the equation of the ministerial reshuffle, the announcement of which is expected on Thursday February 8. The end of the hypothesis of the appointment of the president of the MoDem for Education, a ministry which he has already occupied, clears the way for an announcement from the rest of the government of Gabriel Attal, constantly postponed in recent days. The tighter pack of 15 ministers announced on January 11 must still be completed by around fifteen delegate ministers and secretaries of state, eagerly awaited by the sectors concerned. Follow our live stream.
François Bayrou speaks of a “step of humiliation”. According to several deputies from the centrist party invited to a dinner with him, François Bayrou denounced Wednesday evening “a process of humiliation” of the executive towards the MoDem. These guests reported it to France Inter and franceinfo. “It was reported, but I’m not sure those words were mine.”nuanced the president of MoDem, Thursday on franceinfo. “François Bayrou decided without any consultation with anyone to display a fundamental disagreement with the presidential majority”reacted the centrist deputy Jean-Louis Bourlanges, in a press release published on. He accuses the president of MoDem of“weaken dangerously” the majority, while “discrediting” his side.
Queries for several wallets. Who will be the new Minister of Housing? “There is none, and yet the crisis is already here”, worried a member of the government to franceinfo. Transport and health professions are also becoming impatient. Another burning issue: should Amélie Oudéa-Castéra be replaced? The Minister of National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic Games has been embroiled in several controversies since her appointment.
Gabriel Attal expected in Pas-de-Calais. Stuck in the puzzle of this additional list, which must respect political and territorial balances as well as gender parity, Gabriel Attal travels to Pas-de-Calais on Thursday at midday to help flood victims, to which he had booked his first trip and promised to return.