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It’s a little presidential confidence that creates great expectations at the end of the year. In the columns of “Le Monde”, Emmanuel Macron announces “a meeting with the nation” next January. The head of state intends to “recall France to itself” by sending a “message of unity”.
Is this an open door to a change of government in early 2024? Emmanuel Macron told our colleagues from “Le Monde” to promise “a meeting with the nation” next January. Among the ministers, the bets are on, no one knows concretely what Emmanuel Macron’s projection is when he speaks of a “meeting with the nation” but everyone sees it as a sign.
Two favorites to replace Élisabeth Borne
A sign of desire for change, a new direction to breathe new life into this second five-year term and the replacement of Élisabeth Borne is no longer a taboo. Off the microphone, several members of the government discuss this hypothesis, even going so far as to support this idea of a new incarnation.
Main reason: the prospect of the European elections in June. “Time is running out,” confides a minister who fears a rout of the presidential party in the face of the National Rally. Two government heavyweights are today favorites for Matignon: the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, who pleads for an acceleration of economic reforms, and the Minister of the Interior. But the future of Gérald Darmanin is suspended on the vote on the immigration bill.