the first meetings to form a new government

No public appearance by Michel Barnier on Friday morning, September 6, but consultations are ongoing. Gabriel Attal spoke with his successor before it was the turn of the right-wing leaders: Gérard Larcher, Bruno Retailleau and Laurent Wauquiez. They are willing to assume their responsibilities. “We are convinced that Michel Barnier’s personality has the assets that can bring together the conditions for success,” said Laurent Wauquiez.

For his part, the new Prime Minister made it known: “The discussions are going well, they are full of energy!” He spoke at midday with Emmanuel Macron. On the agenda, the composition of the government and the construction of a special relationship between a president and his Prime Minister in an unprecedented situation because the opposition is ready to censure a future government. Michel Barnier will speak this weekend with Élisabeth Borne and Édouard Philippe, two of his predecessors.