Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire is feeling nostalgic on Monday, June 17, in his spacious office in Bercy. Eight days after the brutal dissolution of the National Assembly on June 9, the government's number two is anticipating the imminent elimination of the presidential majority. “We're not in the picture anymore”“He laments, scanning the front pages of the magazines. If he does not know what will happen to the Attal government in the summer of 2024, Bruno Le Maire’s presidential ambition is still intact. “He sees it through.”“One of his old friends laughs,” he says.
Percy's tenant has not emerged stronger, to put it mildly, from the past five weeks, which have plunged the political class into a thick fog. “Her strategy was undermined by the decision to dissolve and the legislative elections.”Frédéric Dabi, deputy director general of the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), analyses. His plan, which was to position himself as the “natural” heir to Emmanuel Macron with a view to the presidential elections in 2027, has been shelved.
Bruno Le Maire has publicly distanced himself from the head of state, after seven years of flattering remarks towards him. The National Assembly has been dissolved, “It's one man's decision.”He said bitterly in early June. Before the mockery “wood lice” which abound in the Elysee. In the legislative elections, the former MP for Or defended “Neither France Insoumise (LFI) nor the National Rally (RN)”, preferring the Republican Front, thus eliminating the original “overcoming” of Macronism. “It has once again become Bruno Le Maire of the LR primaries. [Les Républicains]While it has succeeded in embodying a certain rise since 2017.”A former minister observes coldly.
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The mayor of Le Havre, Edouard Philippe, also freed himself during this sequence, but in a more visible and firm manner than Bruno Le Maire. Emmanuel Macron has “kill the majority”The former Prime Minister was accused on June 20. On the evening of the second round, he explained to the French, as soon as the results were known, that the President of the Republic had led the country to “big indefiniteness”,Exposing them to “huge risks”.
“Public opinion saw that the break with Macron was confirmed.”“Circumstances have accelerated this empowerment,” notes Frédéric Dabi. It wasn't meant that way, but he was deeply at odds with the president and had no reason not to say so.justifies MEP Gilles Boyer, a loyal member. It's the time that changes everything for everyone, and resets the counters to zero. “He didn't live to see it”The Minister appreciates who “The solution thwarted the small plans” From the head of Afak.
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