The parade continues at Matignon. After former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet, Michel Barnier continues consultations on Sunday, September 8, with a view to forming his new government team. He is due to receive former head of government Edouard Philippe, Horizons mayor of Ajaccio Laurent Marcangeli and Horizons senator Claude Malhuret. If Edouard Philippe is “candidate for the next presidential election”he denies being “in a destabilization enterprise” by Emmanuel Macron. Follow our live coverage.
“I come from below,” insists Michel Barnier. “I come from below, there is no ambiguity”declared Michel Barnier in the columns of Sunday newspaper. During the transfer of power, he felt it necessary to listen and respect “the people below”He was immediately criticized by a section of the left.
A new government “in the coming days”. This is what Michel Barnier said on Saturday, at the end of his first official visit to the Necker hospital in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, without giving further details. He also assured that he would make a general policy statement. “early October”.
According to Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron “took into account the RN’s criteria in choosing his Prime Minister.” The new head of government “seems to have the same view on immigration as we do”, said the president of the RN deputies in an interview with The Sunday Tribune.