While the Minister of Education, Gabriel Attal, is admired by his colleagues, the government is beating on the Renaissance deputies and the ministers are trying to get to know each other… These are the confidential The Dispatch.
A star is born : when “Jean-Pierre Attal” seduces the French
This week again, in the midst of the news, the Minister of Education attracted the media spotlight by recognizing that the level in middle school is stagnating or even regressing. An admission that contrasts with the desire of his predecessors never to put their finger on the dysfunctions of the school system. One of his government colleagues, although in frequent opposition to him, recognized this week: “He is one of the only ones in the government to be audible. When he speaks, people understand him. In my constituency, I am told often: he really is the little kid… What’s his name again? Jean-Pierre Attal?” Is that really a compliment? Doubt is allowed.
Marine Le Pen: the majority fears her “melonization”
Among the majority, candidates for the 2027 presidential candidacy are observing with concern Marine Le Pen’s progress in the polls and are particularly studying the socio-professional categories in which she is still struggling. “The big moment for her will be when she recognizes that we need Europe. For the moment, she does not have the vote of the oldest because they are very attached to Europe. But the day where it will change and, like Giorgia Méloni, it will recognize the usefulness of the Union, then we are dead”, predicted this week a leading minister who was far from optimistic.
Majority: open war between ministers and deputies
They loved each other so much but the romance is well and truly over. Between the Renaissance ministers and deputies, relations are increasingly tense. “Some come to Matignon with proposals for totally unconstitutional amendments,” a minister explained to us this week, continuing: “We tell them no but they respond: It doesn’t matter, we’ll drop it off anyway. Élisabeth Borne must thwart these attempts without humiliating the deputies and she is doing it very well. When I had to do this for my own bill, I tore my hair out. Today the deputies feel entitled to anything because they say: I can beat the government whenever I want“. The same week another minister told The Dispatch : “Some deputies are not working on their file at all. During the heatwave, for example, they wanted to ask the government to organize water distributions even though mayors are required to do so by law.”
Team building : when ministers learn to talk to each other
Within government, the time, on the contrary, is for group cohesion. A few months ago, a minister, who has since left the government, confided to us: “In the government everyone is in their own lane, we don’t talk to each other and it’s a real problem because there is no spirit of dialogue. ‘team”. Élisabeth Borne seems to have taken stock of the problem and is organizing dinners between ministers. “So far we have had difficulty finding cohesion but these meetings do us good, as does our trip to Ireland with her,” a participant in Monday’s trip told us. “These few hours together allow us to create bonds in small steps. We take a step aside, we are interested in each other’s feelings, in each other’s daily lives, it’s very important,” he added. . The management world has understood this for years…
2023-11-19 15:00:13
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