Postponing the formation of a new government for as long as possible is a strategy for Emmanuel Macron, reassures his entourage

Postponing the announcement of the new government’s strategy for the head of state untilTransform the interest of victoryConfirmed, Saturday 14 May, the delegation accompanying Emmanuel Macron in France Info.

>> Why is Emmanuel Macron taking so long to form his new government?

Jan Castex will not resign until he returns from the Vatican on Sunday evening. For his part, the President of the Republic claimed that he met this evening, Monday, his next Prime Minister. But he did not stop waiting to reveal it. “Stage“necessary of”SettlementBetween his two five-year terms, the President of the Republic clarified two weeks ago, to ensure the return of calm and harmony.

Postpone as long as possible the submission of those who will embody”new momentum“Yet it is a tactic assures the president’s entourage to France Info. Eight weeks between the second round of the presidential elections and the second round of the legislative elections, it’s too long, and this interval is enough to seal anything. The message got off too soon, a friend of the head of state believes.

So Emmanuel Macron is trying “Transforming the interest of victory”, explains a fellow traveler to the president. Waiting, according to a member of the presidential party, will also allow him to expand his recruitment, especially since the Left Union, according to the same member, throws the last of the Social Democrats into his arms.

However, Emmanuel Macron will appoint his new ministers just days before the start of the reserve period, which begins on May 23. Just put on the light, they will have to stay in the shade. An abrupt choice, unless the goal is to immediately highlight elsewhere, particularly in ‘new styleThe president has promised his second five-year term, a government source suggests.