“Don’t you have the right to know who you are going to put in Matignon and to hesitate between several hypotheses?” presented François Bayrou on the program “L’Événement l’interview” on France 2 this Thursday, December 19, 2024. before indicating that Emmanuel Macron “hesitated” before appointing him prime minister.
François Bayrou answered questions from Caroline Roux, Nathalie Saint-Cricq and Dominique Seux, shortly after 8:00 p. m. This is his first spoken appearance on a television since his appointment.
“And after all, why would (Emmanuel Macron) have done the opposite?We had a discussion where I tried to show him that I thought we had to do things differently, and that’s the decision he made at the end of this discussion. ” continued the now Prime Minister, quoted via BFM.
On December 13, François Bayrou arrived at the Elysée at 8:30 a. m. Emmanuel Macron informed him that he had not been elected prime minister. The assembly will have a final duration of 1 hour forty-five minutes. A long interview in which the mayor of Pau does not resign to succeed Michel Barnier, until the result that everyone knows.
After almost two hours of hesitation, François Bayrou appointed prime minister, “at the height of the previous government” through Emmanuel Macron.
Almost a week later, the Prime Minister said he expected a new government “over the weekend”, “before Christmas in any case”.