Which Prime Minister after the Olympic Games ? This hypothesis Xavier Bertrand who is making his way to Matignon

Xavier Bertrand has been making more calls in recent days. To his future ministers ? MAXPPP – LP/Olivier Lejeune

The name of the president of the Hauts-de-France Region is circulating a little more every day, pushed by Macronie. The interested party prepares for it. Explanations.

In the summer torpor and the fervor of the Olympic Games, we almost forgot that France is still looking for a Prime Minister. Although, for a few days, between two Marseillaise, a name that is buzzing, even circulating a little more each day in the wings of power. And now in the media. That of Xavier Bertrand.

As if to counter the Lucie Castets option, pulled out of the hat of the New Popular Front before the Olympics, it was first a few resigning ministers who pushed the option of the president of the Hauts-de-France Region. “He is a politician with great competence […] He can greatly serve France", thus launched Gérald Darmanin on France 2. Bruno Le Maire, for his part, judged that he has "a lot of quality", when Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Secretary of State for the City and Citizenship, described him as "a great republican among the Republicans".

A meeting with the president Liot

A simple trial balloon launched by Macronie to then gauge the reactions of the left and the right and assess whether Xavier Bertrand would be capable of taking with him deputies from the famous “republican arc”, starting with the leader of the LR files Laurent Wauquier who does not carry him in his heart ? Maybe. Surely.

But the person concerned does not seem insensitive to the idea. He even apparently met Bertrand Plancher in recent days, the president of the Liot group in the National Assembly who will count a little more in this new legislature. And he was effusive. “We need a Prime Minister who ensures a minimum of consensus by listening and being modest while being opposed to Macron. Xavier Bertrand really makes an ideal Prime Minister”, he said in Le Point. An appeal among others.

Show your courage

A close friend, in L’Opinion, even whispers that the President of Hauts-de-France is preparing. His interest in going into the quagmire ? “Show that he is not playing the rot at a time when it is necessary to roll up his sleeves”. In other words, that he does not lack courage. Also in the perspective of 2027.