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On the front page: for Matignon, look for the woman!
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Emmanuel Macron "is looking for a woman in Matigon".
Edith Cresson is the only woman to have held this position in the history of the 5th Republic.
(Illustration) © Wikimedia Commons
By: Norbert Navarro
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Emmanuel Macron “
wants a woman in Matignon
” assures the front page of the
Journal du Dimanche
.
Ifop poll in support, this weekly tries to explain "
why
" a woman, noting in particular that it is also the wish of 3 out of four French people.
Why a woman?
"
The fact that it is only in France that the question arises is in my eyes scandalous
," said former Socialist Prime Minister Edith Cresson to the
JDD
.
However, admits "
the only woman to have led a government under the Fifth Republic
", appointing a woman to Matignon, "
is taking a risk (...) it will take a lot of courage
", says Edith Cresson to the
Journal du Sunday
.
A woman at Matignon, perhaps.
But which ?
Inventorying the names of women who have already leaked in the press to succeed Jean Castex,
Le JDD
highlights the profiles (in alphabetical order) of Elisabeth Borne, Marisol Touraine and Catherine Vautrin.
Exactly.
Le Parisien Dimanche
focuses on “the Vautrin hypothesis”, ex-LR and president of Grand Reims (north-eastern France).
Referring to Catherine Vautrin, a close friend of the Head of State affirms it to
Parisian Sunday
: “the president offered her Matignon and she would have accepted”.
For Matignon, look for Méluche!
Another "
hypothesis
", mentioned on the front page of the weekly
L'Obs
, that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon at Matignon.
The New popular, ecological and social union now tied,
L'Obs
warns that, if Jean-Luc Mélenchon "
succeeds his bet, if the left and the environmentalists manage to elect at least 289 deputies, Emmanuel Macron will no longer have the choice: he will have to resolve to call the "rebellious" in chief at Matignon
".
Melenchon in Matignon?
A fourth cohabitation would then open up in France, “
not necessarily similar to the previous ones
”, remarks Hubert Védrine.
Goldsmith's word, insofar as the former Minister of Foreign Affairs lived the three cohabitations, either at the Elysée Palace as Secretary General, or, therefore, at the Quai d'Orsay.
"
With a Jean-Luc Mélenchon who says he wants to bring down the Fifth Republic to set up a Sixth, we would enter a crisis of regime
", warns Hubert Védrine in
L'Obs
.
Which newspaper explains how Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Olivier Faure sealed their alliance.
According to
L'Obs
, the leader of the "
rebellious
" and that of the PS would have met face to face in a Parisian restaurant two days after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron.
“
For two good hours (…) out of sight, the warm-blooded Mitterrandien and the phlegmatic Rocardien avoid the grub and act out a common desire.
They will seal their reunion with a handshake, on May 1, Place de la République
, ”says
L’Obs
.
Mélenchon in Matignon, a hypothesis that has something to anger the weekly
Le Point
.
“
When the PS signed its agreement for the June legislative elections with the Insoumis on May 4, the text was approved by the National Council of the party, with a cleverly thought-out composition: 292 members, including 204 elected by the Socialist Congress (… ) On the side of La France insoumise, the agreement was validated by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and no one else
, ”fulminates
Le Point
.
Purchasing power alert for Macron!
There remains the shadow that hangs over the decor of the upcoming legislative elections, that of rising prices.
And therefore, purchasing power.
“
Waltz of labels in stores, social pressure cooker, economic machine at a standstill.
An explosive cocktail spiced up by ever more disturbing noises from Ukraine ,
L'Express
is alarmed
.
In the middle of the porcelain shop, the elephant of purchasing power.
And the growing feeling for part of the French population of not being able to do it anymore
”.
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