Has the coronavirus crisis damaged the ties between the President and his Prime Minister? Faced with rumors, Emmanuel Macron denied any conflict with Edouard Philippe, this Tuesday during the Council of Ministers. The head of state castigated those who "try to divide" the executive.
“The entire executive is fully aligned in this crisis. I will have no indulgence towards those who by rumors and rumors try to divide the government and particularly the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic, "said the head of state, according to reported comments by a participant in the Council of Ministers.
Frequent rumors
Emmanuel Macron returned twice to the subject Tuesday morning before the government, in order to extinguish rumors of tensions within the executive couple, according to several ministerial sources.
According to several press articles ( L'Express , Le Point, etc. ), the head of state called journalists in person on Monday to express his disagreement with the decision of Edouard Philippe to maintain the same day, Tuesday, the presentation of its deconfinement plan to the Assembly and the vote of the deputies.
Several parliamentary groups asked for the vote to be postponed until at least Wednesday in order to have "time to reflect" on this strategy. Rumors of a disagreement between Macron and Philippe appear sporadically since the start of the five-year term, often heightened in times of turbulence such as during the crisis of "yellow vests". But it is rare that they force the head of state to deny them.
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