Imminent announcement? Michel Barnier has invited, Thursday September 19 at 3 p.m., the political parties already consulted for a meeting “with a view to the rapid formation of a government”announced Matignon. This ““last day of consultations”marked by discussions with the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet and the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher, should result in the announcement of a new government team. Follow our live feed.
Michel Barnier faces difficulties. The Prime Minister continues to try to form a coalition government and the task is becoming more complicated. He “is exceeded (…) Handing over the keys to the country to people who got 5% in the elections is a bit of a headache. (…) He has failed to form a government, he has given no indication of the policy he will pursue.”has criticized on TF1 Sébastien Chenu, vice-president of the RN.
A series of missed appointments. Wednesday turned into a series of missed appointments. A first meeting between Michel Barnier and the group of Macronist deputies EPR (Ensemble pour la République) was postponed, before a second with the executives of the Republicans was in turn cancelled.
Tensions over tax hike rumors. Gérald Darmanin assured on France 2 on Wednesday that he would not support “a government that raises taxes”. “The idea of increasing taxes is a rumor started by Mr. Darmanin to allow Mr. Darmanin to comment on it.”Olivier Marleix, LR deputy for Eure-et-Loir, replied to him on “the 4 Truths” on Thursday.
Waiting for the ceiling letters. After Matignon on Tuesday, the president of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly Eric Coquerel (LFI) and the general budget rapporteur Charles de Courson (Liot) went to Bercy on Wednesday to demand, in vain, the ceiling letters. These documents, drawn up at the end of August, set out the credits allocated to each ministry for the following year and serve as a working basis for constructing the future draft finance bill.