“If ministers appear with us, who take care of everything, it can no longer be called a government,” Macron added.
The reason for his public reaction was the tension between two ministers: the head of the Ministry of Interior Bruno Retailleau and the Minister of Ecological Transformation Agnes Pannier-Runacher. Retailleau is a co -author of the article published in “Le Figaro”, containing an appeal to suspend public subsidies for renewable energy. Minister Pannier-Runacher in the media announced that it was “irresponsible” and accused Retailleau of populism.
This is not the first public dispute in the French government
This is not the first time that these two ministers derived from various political formations (the head of the Ministry of the Interior-from the right-wing party Republicans, Pannier-Runacher-from the center of revival), argues publicly. Previous time, in May this year. They clashed on the criteria of naturalization.
For his part, Bayrou appealed to the ministers of his office – in which discrepancies often come to light – to be guided by the “spirit of responsibility”.
