Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister and candidate for the legislative elections, was the guest of Dimitri Pavlenko in the Grand Rendez-vous on Europe 1 and CNews. According to him, Emmanuel Macron’s challenge for his second term will be to “rebuild the social contract” with the French. As for the choice of a Prime Minister, “he is right to take the necessary time”, he assures.
After a two-year Spanish parenthesis, Manuel Valls returns to French politics. The former Prime Minister is a candidate under the banner of Renaissance, the new name of the party of La République en Marche, in the fifth constituency of French people living abroad. Present at the inauguration of the re-elected president, he is optimistic about Emmanuel Macron’s second term. Pou Manuel Valls, the challenge will be to “renew the democratic contract”, for French people who no longer place their hopes in politics. “The President of the Republic is right, I believe, to place this second term under the sign of action and novelty,” he said at the microphone of Dimitri Pavlenko.
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According to the former Prime Minister, Emmanuel Macron is looking for a strong personality for Matignon to support him in his project, and “wants it to go quickly”. “It is not a question of abolishing the post of Prime Minister, it is not a question of treating his Prime Minister as a collaborator. Emmanuel Macron has never done so with regard to Édouard Philippe or to the one who is still in place today. So, each time, it is efficiency that must take precedence”, explained Manuel Valls.
“As for taking the time, I think he is right. There are us or the politicians, the commentators who question ourselves. No, I think he is right to take the time necessary to respect the breathing of the institutions,” he added.