Mr Macron, 46, slapped down Mr Barnier’s proposal to offer the symbolic ministerial post to Laurence Garnier, a conservative senator from the Right-wing Republican party who recently approved regulations on children’s access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
Mr Barnier, 73, a Right-winger and the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has been scrambling to form a new government after Mr Macron appointed him prime minister two weeks ago following weeks of political deadlock in the wake of snap elections in July that ended in a hung parliament.
The first batch of names were leaked on Thursday evening, with the full 16-minister Cabinet due to be officially announced by Sunday at the latest.
Mr Barnier proposed handing Bruno Retailleau,a Right-wing traditionalist senator, the powerful post of interior minister while Macron loyalists were offered seven other ministerial posts.
On Friday, it emerged that he had proposed Ms Garnier – seen as close to Mr Retailleau – as families minister to succeed Sarah El Haïry, a centrist who was the first female minister to make public her homosexuality and her pregnancy resulting from medically assisted procreation.
According to an aide, Mr Macron “alerted” the prime minister to Ms Garnier’s “delicate profile”, saying he was opposed to it.
“The president does not want the new team to unravel his reforms. Garnier’s positions are the antithesis of what has been defended by previous [government] teams,” one unnamed ex-minister told BFMTV.
Another aide close to the negotiations said: “In the final analysis, Michel Barnier is the arbiter: it’s his government. Constitutionally, it is not the president who directly rejects this or that case. He does not block. But he can sound the alarm.”
How are they suprised that a right-winger does right- wing politics? Liberals will give power to right-wingers and then be suprised when the chisel away others rights.
jfecju on
Weird to appoint someone who is anti family as family minister
Ok_Bid_3824 on
Macron has to be the most centrist ever
cherryfree2 on
Imagine having an issue with gay marriage in 2024
MyerSkoog on
I mean, Macron choose him exactly for this reason : to please the far right. What did he expect?
Bojackartless2902 on
Should have thought about that earlier, mec
IYNPYR on
Why do we pretend that they’re not neo-Nazi garbage? They share all the same viewpoints and revel in the Third Reich’s ideologies. If we start referring to them as the terrorists they are, we can then doing something about it.
TheEthicalJerk on
Another fucking ghoul in the Barnier ministry.
Many-Leader2788 on
>”XXI century’s Hindenburg disagrees with his pick”
voyagerdoge on
what a clown ministry
for a brief period of time there was one in the Netherlands too about a decade ago. It came and it went unnoticed.
hm___ on
Wtf is going on in france? i thougth the left parties won the election
Maj0r-DeCoverley on
Giving power to the far-right and then acting surprised is peak Macron behavior.
Also the new government will increase taxes (not on the rich, don’t worry) so Macron is also playing the outraged man right now. It’s kind of a Putin/Medvedev situation, something Macron planned to do in 2027 but had to rush a little. By completely disregarding election results (“the left didn’t win they’re a minority coalition”) to create his own fantasy world (“I handpicked a government which is a disunited minority coalition smaller than the one who won; but that one pleases Le Pen”).
We’re reaching levels of Russian-ness previously unheard of outside of the former USSR countries.
Kagrenac8 on
Jupiterian genius for all to see folks. Real 4-D chess player, this one.
Real-Ad-8451 on
Macron is defeated, the people hate him and his court begins to doubt him. The prospects of the 2027 presidential elections are beginning to give ideas to some ministers, Macron can no longer represent himself so he is no longer a threat and this makes him intrinsically weaker in the eyes of his supporters. Declining presidents are usually betrayed by their former allies who want his place, Macron knows this well because it is exactly what he did to former president Hollande.
MammothDon on
From the article:-
> Privately telling aides he was convinced France was essentially a “Right-wing country”,
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Emmanuel Macron has reportedly objected to [France’s new prime minister, Michel Barnier](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/18/macron-44th-most-popular-politician-as-new-pm-barnier-poll/), appointing a senator who campaigned against same-sex marriage as “families minister” in his new cabinet.
Mr Macron, 46, slapped down Mr Barnier’s proposal to offer the symbolic ministerial post to Laurence Garnier, a conservative senator from the Right-wing Republican party who recently approved regulations on children’s access to puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones.
The leaked proposal sparked howls of protest from the French Left, which warned [the Barnier government](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/19/michel-barnier-emmanuel-macron-france-politics/) was “[veering to the far-Right](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/07/michel-barnier-france-borders-sieves-national-rally-migrant/)”.
Mr Barnier, 73, a Right-winger and the EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator, has been scrambling to form a new government after Mr Macron appointed him prime minister two weeks ago following weeks of political deadlock in the wake of snap elections in July that ended in a hung parliament.
The first batch of names were leaked on Thursday evening, with the full 16-minister Cabinet due to be officially announced by Sunday at the latest.
Mr Barnier proposed handing Bruno Retailleau,a Right-wing traditionalist senator, the powerful post of interior minister while Macron loyalists were offered seven other ministerial posts.
On Friday, it emerged that he had proposed Ms Garnier – seen as close to Mr Retailleau – as families minister to succeed Sarah El Haïry, a centrist who was the first female minister to make public her homosexuality and her pregnancy resulting from medically assisted procreation.
According to an aide, Mr Macron “alerted” the prime minister to Ms Garnier’s “delicate profile”, saying he was opposed to it.
“The president does not want the new team to unravel his reforms. Garnier’s positions are the antithesis of what has been defended by previous [government] teams,” one unnamed ex-minister told BFMTV.
Another aide close to the negotiations said: “In the final analysis, Michel Barnier is the arbiter: it’s his government. Constitutionally, it is not the president who directly rejects this or that case. He does not block. But he can sound the alarm.”
Read more here: [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/20/macron-objects-barnier-appointing-anti-gay-marriage-senator/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/20/macron-objects-barnier-appointing-anti-gay-marriage-senator/)
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How are they suprised that a right-winger does right- wing politics? Liberals will give power to right-wingers and then be suprised when the chisel away others rights.
Weird to appoint someone who is anti family as family minister
Macron has to be the most centrist ever
Imagine having an issue with gay marriage in 2024
I mean, Macron choose him exactly for this reason : to please the far right. What did he expect?
Should have thought about that earlier, mec
Why do we pretend that they’re not neo-Nazi garbage? They share all the same viewpoints and revel in the Third Reich’s ideologies. If we start referring to them as the terrorists they are, we can then doing something about it.
Another fucking ghoul in the Barnier ministry.
>”XXI century’s Hindenburg disagrees with his pick”
what a clown ministry
for a brief period of time there was one in the Netherlands too about a decade ago. It came and it went unnoticed.
Wtf is going on in france? i thougth the left parties won the election
Giving power to the far-right and then acting surprised is peak Macron behavior.
Also the new government will increase taxes (not on the rich, don’t worry) so Macron is also playing the outraged man right now. It’s kind of a Putin/Medvedev situation, something Macron planned to do in 2027 but had to rush a little. By completely disregarding election results (“the left didn’t win they’re a minority coalition”) to create his own fantasy world (“I handpicked a government which is a disunited minority coalition smaller than the one who won; but that one pleases Le Pen”).
We’re reaching levels of Russian-ness previously unheard of outside of the former USSR countries.
Jupiterian genius for all to see folks. Real 4-D chess player, this one.
Macron is defeated, the people hate him and his court begins to doubt him. The prospects of the 2027 presidential elections are beginning to give ideas to some ministers, Macron can no longer represent himself so he is no longer a threat and this makes him intrinsically weaker in the eyes of his supporters. Declining presidents are usually betrayed by their former allies who want his place, Macron knows this well because it is exactly what he did to former president Hollande.
From the article:-
> Privately telling aides he was convinced France was essentially a “Right-wing country”,
Is there any basis in this?