By once again inviting party leaders to discuss things behind closed doors, Emmanuel Macron (here, October 31, at the Élysée) is trying to repeat a political coup widely praised in his camp. Lafargue Raphael/Lafargue Raphael/ABACA
The socialist Olivier Faure refuses to honor the new invitation from the head of state to party leaders.
How many will be around Emmanuel Macron on November 17 in Saint-Denis? By once again inviting party leaders to discuss behind closed doors, in a letter revealed on Sunday by Le Figaro, the head of state is trying to repeat a political coup widely praised in his camp. But the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, declined the invitationwhile some of his counterparts reserve their response.
At the end of August, Emmanuel Macron managed to bring together all the leaders of the parties represented in The national emblyfrom Jordan Bardella (National Rally) to Manuel Bompard (La France insoumise), within the walls of the education house of the Legion of Honor. The discussions, without the presence of the press or collaborators, lasted twelve hours and ended in the middle of the night. The president urgently resumed this “Saint-Denis format” on October 13, at the Élysée, to take stock of the situation in the Middle East, a few days after the…
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