The former socialist minister Ségolène Royal said on Sunday that he had been contacted by Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for a possible entry into the government of Jean Castex, and judged that it would only "make sense" if she could pursue a policy "More social, more ecological, more democratic".
The former minister first spoke on BFMTV of a call on Saturday from "someone close to the president", but a source close to Emmanuel Macron then said that she had "never been called". In response, Ségolène Royal assured, copies of SMS in support, that she had been contacted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian (ex-PS).
"They are not necessarily aware"
"If Elysée councilors deny it, I don't hold it against them, they are not necessarily aware of it!" A president compartmentalizes especially at this level of contact, ”she slips.
She repeats having stressed that entering government "only makes sense for a more social, more ecological, more democratic policy". “My message to Le Drian was clear on the deep political meaning of a possible and positive joint work in the service of the country in a context of serious crisis. I don't want anyone to be able to say that I refused to help get out of the crisis. Hence my very positive position but without reducing it to the values of social justice, ecological urgency and democratic efficiency, ”she explained.
"I said, if it is to conduct a more social, more ecological, more democratic policy, make me a proposal. And here we are, "she said on BFMTV earlier.
Royal's doubts about the urgency of the pension reform
After the green wave in the big cities with the municipal ones, Jean Castex, resulting from the Republicans, is it the man of the situation? "We must give him time, judge the acts," she said.
But faced with the will of the new Prime Minister to settle “in the short term” the pension file, the former presidential candidate asked if there was “still urgent to go and provoke” on this reform, if we could "afford to clear up misunderstandings and revolts" and if "the social partners have time to deal with this when there are social plans announced in all territories".
Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister Jean Castex continue their consultations on Sunday with "the objective of forming a new government for Monday in the day," announced the Elysee.
- Ségolène Royal
- Jean-Yves Le Drian
- Jean Castex
- Government
- Reshuffle