After his appointment, the time has come to form the government. The new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, is continuing his consultations on Monday, September 9. He received representatives of the Liot group in the afternoon. On Sunday, the Matignon tenant had already received the leaders of Horizons, including his predecessor Edouard Philippe, then the head of the MoDem François Bayrou. He will also receive “left-wing personalities coming soon”his entourage told France Télévisions, specifying that he “already had them on the phone.” Follow our live stream.
The RN is blowing hot and cold. The National Rally does not support censure automatic from the government of Michel Barnier, but will not grant “no carte blanche”warned Marine Le Pen. The party president, Jordan Bardella, as well as the head of the RN deputies, hammered home that they were placing the government “under surveillance”.
Michel Barnier said he was not chosen at random. “I don’t think I’m here by default.”Michel Barnier replied on Sunday to a journalist who asked him about his appointment to Matignon, while he was going to the closing ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the Stade de France. He repeated not having “never had a personal agenda” but that he was “ready to serve”.
Pension reform contested again. The general secretary of the CFDT, Marylise Léon, pleaded on Sunday for“at the very least, we suspend the reform” pensions while new discussions take place with the Barnier government. The new Prime Minister said on Friday that he wanted “open the debate” for a “improvement” of the controversial reform without however “to question everything”.