EBN- France’s new Prime Minister Francois Bayrou told the National Assembly he hoped to form a new government in the coming days, amid mounting pressure to quickly submit the names of his ministers to President Emmanuel Macron.
During a hearing before parliament, Bayrou, 73, pledged to “provide fair treatment to all political spectrums,” stressing that he is “a strong supporter of political pluralism.”
In response to a question about the most prominent features of his upcoming policies and how to deal with the accumulated challenges, the Prime Minister said: “I will not leave any issue without addressing it and without providing an answer, and all the problems that caused divisions in French society, I will try to solve them through dialogue with every political group.”
“I will try to solve it by taking into account everyone who sits in parliament,” he added, stressing his commitment to dealing with everyone “fairly.
Mounting pressure
Macron is pressing Bayrou to submit a list of names of his new government ministers on Tuesday evening, amid rising tensions between the two heads of the executive branch, according to the American magazine ” Politico “.
But Bayrou, who only became prime minister after disagreements with Macron, said Monday he would present his new government at the end of the week.
Bayrou held the French president responsible for any delay in forming the government, saying sarcastically that he “needs the president to be in France to appoint ministers.”
Macron, who has a reputation for taking a long time to make decisions, responded to the remarks on Tuesday, saying that “the prime minister must send his list of ministers by the end of Tuesday.
An adviser to the French president told the magazine that Macron is “waiting for the prime minister’s proposals” after he finishes his meetings with party leaders in parliament on Tuesday.
He said, “Macron expects Bayrou to present the names of his ministers on Tuesday, once he concludes his consultations and the hearing session.”
Macron is expected to travel soon to the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, which was hit by a powerful cyclone that killed more than 20 people and injured nearly 1,400, and will also attend a European Council meeting in Brussels scheduled for next Thursday.
