The Prime Minister hopes that his government, combining LR and Macronists, will lead to an alliance in the first round of the presidential election. A hypothetical wish, given the growing number of ambitions.
Prime ministers can be presidents. But Michel Barnier has no current plans to run in the next presidential election. On Friday November 15, in Angers (Maine-et-Loire), before the elected representatives gathered for the Assises des départements de France, the head of government took his eyes off his speech to improvise a clarification. ” I don’t have an agenda for the future. I have 73 years old today. I’ll be 76 in 2027. I don’t need to be reminded of my age. “he declared, to the laughter of his audience.
The leader from the Republicans (LR), unsuccessful candidate for his party’s primary in 2021, added: ” I know what’s reasonable and what wouldn’t be reasonable. “His words were noticed in the room, at a time when expressions of appetite for 2027 are more frequent than retreats.
Disinterested and focused on ” reform “the country for an uncertain period of time, in his words.
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