François Bayrou refuses to join the government and delivers bitter explanations to justify his choice

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François Bayrou invited to Franceinfo this Thursday, February 8.

François Bayrou invited to Franceinfo this Thursday, February 8.

POLICY – ” What we understand well is stated clearly. And the words to say it come easily. » To justify his position vis-à-vis the executive, François Bayrou did the exact opposite of what this maxim from the poet Nicolas Boileau recommends. Guest on franceinfo this Thursday February 8 to justify his refusal to join the government, due to lack of“deep agreement on the policy to follow”the president of the MoDem alternated between bitter remarks towards Macronie and pledges of loyalty towards the majority.

Even if it means giving the impression of blowing hot and cold for the benefit of a project which seems above all to serve its emancipation with a view to the presidential election of 2027. ” The more we move forward in time, the more we have the impression that the breakup [entre les pouvoirs et les Français] gets worse. To combat it, we must have a vision that embraces the entire country and not just the world of powers in which we find ourselves,” tackled the mayor of Pau, scratching a government that counts “ out of fourteen, eleven Parisian or Ile-de-France ministers ”, and no native “ from the south of the Loire ».

Or the return of the disconnection trial often initiated against Macronie, while looming the threat of a divorce by 2027. “My support cannot be bargained for, provided that the concern that a very large number of French people feel is heard”he warned, affirming at the same time that his party remains “ full member of the majority that wants to rebuild the country ».

“Less managerial technocracy”

If François Bayrou refused to join the government, he says, it is because he did not have the assurance of seeing the paradigm shift for which he is advocating. And that the portfolios proposed, such as the Ministry of the Armed Forces, do not correspond to what he can bring to the government.

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“The country needs more political understanding of what is happening at the grassroots and less managerial technocracy,” further explained François Bayrou, claiming his “ connection with the country in its depths, to identify what is going wrong “. The affirmation of a competence of which we understand that the executive lacks, and which is accompanied by a barely veiled reference to the succession of Emmanuel Macron.

« The challenge of 2027 is that we manage to reconcile the France which fights at the bottom and the one which decides at the top. diagnosed the High Commissioner for Planning, deploring the existence of a “ crisis » in which it will be necessary to “ show a way out “. Before warning: “ I have never renounced any of my duties, I will not let things drift without saying anything “. The reasoning appears tortuous, but the path he intends to trace seems to go straight towards the Élysée.

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