The entourage of the Head of State is divided on the fate of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and on the direction towards which to go and seek allies: on the left or right? But the Elysée does not want to give in to pressure, at the risk of appearing wait.
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The “clash” did not wait for the light of the television sets to break out. It is 7:15 p.m. Sunday, June 19. Macronists see the results of the second round of the legislative elections fall. The relative majority envisaged by polls is much lower than expected; There are a large forty deputies missing to vote for texts. Gathered in audioconferencing, spokesperson for La République en Marche (LRM) prepare the elements of language to decline in the media from 8 p.m. That of the government, Olivia Grégoire, enjoins her comrades to hammer a positive message despite the rout. “It must be said:” It is a disappointing victory but a victory anyway “”, she says.
Fury of the deputy (LRM) of the Yvelines, Aurore Bergé: “But we cannot say that it is a victory!” His colleague, Roland Lescure, and the Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, In turn oppose the “positive attitude” advocated by the Secretary of State. Refuge in denial does nothing good. Before going to the set of France 2, Olivia Grégoire receives a phone call from Emmanuel Macron, who passes some instructions to him. The low profile line is essential.
From the Elysée, the Head of State is trying to define a strategy so as not to see his new five -year term sink to the port. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has been invited. She discovers these political meetings where she never set foot so far. The two allies, Edouard Philippe and François Bayrou, now essential with their groups of horizons and modem, are also present. Like the triad of political policy experts from the right, advisor Thierry Solère and the ministers Gérald Darmanin and Sébastien Lecornu. MEP Stéphane Séjourné, former advisor to Mr. Macron, completes the table.
Reunion is dragged. What message should you go through in this unprecedented context? From Marine Le Pen to Jean-Luc Mélenchon, all the main figures of the opposition have already expressed themselves. Elisabeth Borne, she seems work in the silence of the Elysée. The government’s headache joins Matignon shortly before 10 p.m., to speak, half an hour later, the white voice and a closed face. “Never has the National Assembly experienced such a configuration under the V e Republic. This situation constitutes a risk for our country,” she breathes, as a distraught. Just a promise to seek a “majority of action”.
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