National Assembly
Source: RR, Jedi Foster
The Minister of the Interior, Gerard Collomb, handed over Monday late in the day, Monday October 1st, his resignation to the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron who refused.
This follows the latest announcement of 18 September, when Gerard Collomb warned of his departure from the government in 2019, with the intention of leaving his post next summer to focus on his reelection to Lyon (Collomb was the Mayor of Lyon for years and intents to run municipal elections of 2020). Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told Le Figaro magazine that the head of state has decided to keep him in office despite his proposal to leave.
AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COLLOMB'S ABSENCE CAUSED A BIG DOUBT AMONGST MP'S---------------------
Today at the National Assembly, the absence of Gerard Collomb on the benches of the hemicyle caused an uproar and aroused the annoyance of the opposition that attacked the Prime Minister. Édouard Philippe was questioned on the resignation refused Gerard Collomb replied to deputies: "Every minister who composes this government must devote himself fully to his task. When it comes to the security of the French, there will never be hesitation on the part of the government, "insisted the Prime Minister before the National Assembly. In the Figaro, Gerard Collomb says he felt obliged to submit his resignation so that his ministry does not suffer from a personal political decision. But Emmanuel Macron seems to have full confidence in Gérard Collomb, according to Le Figaro.
HOW MANY TIMES WILL GERARD COLLOMB KEEP BEFORE ITS EFFECTIVE RESIGNATION?-----------------------
For the opposition, this abortive announcement of resignation calling it "It's a joke", "It's a bit tango," lamented Julien Aubert (LR), according to which "either we stay, or we leave". In fact, Gerard Collomb, the case of Benalla this summer, has hurt the body of the French Police, with dozens of hearings at the National Assembly and Senate. The police and especially the higher ranks feel destabilized by this "pseudo resignation". Then there was the publication after Mediapart of a Selfie photo of Alexander Benalla showing off a weapon during the presidential campaign, when he ensured the safety of the candy Macron, sparked a new rebound in this case. SEE ARTICLE
And then very recently the pause of the President of the Republic Macron alongside two young people, one ex-robber and the other displays his middle finger, shirtless ... Saint Martin, during a presidential visit to calm the population one year after the passage of Hurricane Irma ... These events all accumulated, do not put the Minister of the Interior in the best positions, adds to "Deep Disagreements" on the attitude of President Macron judged by Gerard Collomb not "enough to listen to the people" and may be lacking in humility, "and comparing President Macron to Lubrice a hero of Greek literature, who is blinded by his narcissism ... .in an interview to RMC interviewed by the journalist Jean Jacques Bourdin. And finally, the recent departure of his adviser strategy and speech Jonathan Guemas, to join the Elysee. All this combined, make the Minister Gerard Collomb who often expressed in the media explaining these "disagreements with the President of the Republic ».
How long will Gerard Collomb be able to keep under this tense atmosphere before actually leaving the post of Minister of the Interior, and abandon the government of Macron, he who had followed and believed in his new Party The Republic in March for to follow him to this crazy bet of the Political Revolution in France? The Minister of Ecology Nicolas Hulot, had also resigned in early September by announcing on a radio channel France Inter on August 28th in Crean a political earthquake at the end of the summer ... and here is the second Minister of State (they are the first two largest ministries in France, endowing almost the same importance as Prime Minister) are the ones who make the most impact by their successive resignations and thus weaken the Executive French ...
