Having already been twice in 48 hours at the Elysee and having discussed with Emmanuel Macron for the composition of the government, Michel Barnier also went yesterday with a list of ministers.
He presented to him for 50 minutes, “the architecture and composition of his government that respects balance”.
But again, there has been no announcement and there won’t be any today, Friday, even though Matignon’s sources were leaking otherwise. Now let’s move on to… Sunday for the announcements.
Discussions on the composition of Michel Barnier’s government are ongoing, so it will not be announced this Friday, the French “Maximum Palace” announced this afternoon. The “final adjustments” are underway.
The government is expected to include 38 members, including 16 ministers, including 7 Macronists and 3 Republicans (LR), 2 MoDems, one Horizontes or even one from the centrist UDI party.
However, things are not that simple, and this is because reactions are constantly appearing everywhere. MEPs from Macron’s party are vetoing the participation of some in the government, such as the centrist Mo.Dem (Moviment Democratie), as many of their MEPs do not want to support the Barnier government. Let’s remember that Mo.Dem supported Macron in 2017.
Le Pen and the “government of losers”
At the same time, the National Rally by Marine Le Pen She is ready to blow the final whistle whenever she sees fit. Ensuring that her 126 deputies will not automatically present a motion of censure against the Prime Minister, Marine Le Pen has first given her blessing to Michel Barnier. But while the latter is fine-tuning the final details of his government, she is leaving the threat of an impeachment request hanging in the air.
France: In the final stretch to form government, despite tension between Macron and Barnier
LFI coordinator Manuel Bobard (La France Insoumise) spoke of a “government of losers” on Friday morning at the microphone of France Bleu Provence.
“It is a government of losers at the same time that it is a continuation of the previous government, even though they lost the last parliamentary elections“, he argued. In addition to ministers, it also includes Republicans, despite having had less than 6% in the last legislative elections. Normally, in a democracy that works well, it is not those who lose the elections who end up in government, it is those who win them.”
