Visiting Savoie on Thursday September 12, Michel Barnier assured that he intended “form the government next week”, and that it would be “balanced, representative, plural” with “serious ministers”. LThe Prime Minister is continuing his discussions to form his government and is going to Annecy for the parliamentary session of the deputies and senators of the Republicans, the party from which he comes, who have agreed to participate in the new ministerial team. Follow our live stream.
Bruno Le Maire leaves Bercy. LThe resigning Minister of Economy, has held on Thursday, September 12, a “thank you speech”without waiting for the transfer of power to his successor. He thus took stock of his seven-year term at Bercy and passed on some political messages. “They are sleepwalkers, those who denounce austerity in a France which redistributes its wealth more widely than any other nation”he declared in particular, warning: “The awakening will be painful”.
The RN rejects any increase in taxes. Invited to “Les 4 Vérités” on France 2, the far-right MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy set out his party’s red line and stated that the National Rally group would vote for a motion of censure against Michel Barnier’s government in the event of a tax increase.
Edouard Philippe receives Emmanuel Macron. The head of state is going to Le Havre, the city where his former prime minister is mayor, to commemorate its liberation from Nazi rule in September 1944. An arrival that will be scrutinized as these two allies struggle to hide their disagreement, aggravated by the candidacy of Edouard Philippe for “the next presidential election”.