VIDEO. Bernard Cazeneuve Prime Minister Again ? The person concerned says he is “ready” to be appointed, the rumor swells
|While the name of the future Prime Minister is not yet known, candidates are coming one after the other to replace Gabriel Attal. The former Prime Minister under François Hollande, Bernard Cazeneuve is not closing the door to a return to Matignon.
While French politics is in the dark about Gabriel Attal's successor, candidates are multiplying to take the place of Prime Minister. The Head of State has assured that there will be no nomination before mid-August, some do not hesitate to position themselves.
“I will always be ready”
He had already sat for a few months at Matignon when François Hollande was President of the Republic, Bernard Cazeneuve, present Monday on the LCI set, indicated that he does not rule out returning to Matignon. “I have never refused to put wisdom where there is unreason. If it is necessary to do it collectively, I will always be ready”, he told journalist Darius Rochebin.
« Je serai toujours prêt. »
Sur @LCI Bernard Cazeneuve se disait « prêt » à un gouvernement technique ou d’entente « prenant en compte les préoccupations de la gauche. » pic.twitter.com/YTvcLLLVoI
— Darius Rochebin (@DariusRochebin) August 5, 2024
"My concern is to ensure that the country does not fall into decline, into instability, into nonsense", he added. The former Prime Minister nevertheless deplores “the country's ungovernability”, but recalls the need to manage France while the country is in total limbo.
He can count on the support of elected socialists, such as Olivier Falorni. “A statesman recognized by the right. A man of the left recognized by the left. For me, Bernard Cazeneuve is the right man to govern France and unite the country”, he noted on his X account (ex-Twitter).
Un homme d’Etat reconnu par la droite.
Un homme de gauche reconnu par la gauche. Pour moi, @BCazeneuve est l’homme qu’il faut pour gouverner la France et rassembler le pays. #Matignon https://t.co/KIPwPi6liX— Olivier Falorni (@OlivierFalorni) August 5, 2024
For the moment, while the Olympic Games are a resounding success hailed by Bernard Cazeneuve, Emmanuel Macron continues to think beyond the person he will appoint to replace his current Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal.
Le succès des Jeux de Paris est celui d’un collectif : la mobilisation de l’Etat, de ses représentants et des forces de l’ordre, l’engagement de la Maire de Paris, de la présidente de la Région, des élus de la Seine-Saint-Denis, du COJO et des athlètes.
— Bernard Cazeneuve (@BCazeneuve) August 5, 2024
Another candidate
The New Popular Front has reached an agreement. Lucie Castets, spokesperson and co-founder of the collective Nos Services Public has been proposed for the post of Prime Minister. She accepted.
🔴 URGENT – Communiqué de presse du Nouveau Front populaire.
Le Nouveau Front Populaire présente au président de la République la proposition de nommer Première ministre Madame Lucie Castets.
Retrouvez notre communiqué commun.#NouveauFrontPopulaire pic.twitter.com/ulYkMsM3Yr
— La France insoumise 🔴 #NouveauFrontPopulaire (@FranceInsoumise) July 23, 2024
Lucie Castets, the senior civil servant proposed by the left for the post of Prime Minister, told AFP on Tuesday that she had accepted "in all humility but with great conviction", considering herself to be a "credible and serious" candidate for Matignon. But the head of state is not in favour for the moment.