Montebourg, Cincinnatus on the return? – Release

These are two small sentences Arnaud Montebourg at the end of a new investigative book (1) devoted to it: “My personal projects will be announced when they are announced. I have nothing to tell you more [...] The only ones who know the puzzle of which you speak, besides Aurélie [Filippetti, the former culture minister who is also his partner, ed], are some of my fellow promotion Insead [the international business school where he followed a course of four weeks, not an MBA, note] with whom we exchanged Fontainebleau on our different dreams, our ideas and professional projects. “

If this is not the official announcement of his return, the one who took ” example “ on the Roman Emperor Cincinnatus (which “preferred to leave power to return to his fields and his plows”) when it is brought out of the government in August 2014, s’ ready to move on to “Phase 2″ of his post-political career minister. Presidential candidate? Not yet. A primary? Too early to say. But Montebourg is preparing.

social Gaullism

This policy survey of 338 pages written by Antonio Rodriguez, a journalist told AFP that followed between 2012 and 2014 when he was Minister Montebourg Bercy, is based on numerous interviews with the person with relatives – and even former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault! And his conclusion is clear: the Socialist “is ready” . “Ready” to “revenge” against Francois Hollande. “Ready” to tackle the “sarkhollandisme” by opposing his “social Gaullism” “Do not be afraid of the words says Montebourg to the author. If I had to define it would be a kind of social Gaullism. A synthesis between Colbertism, love of the business, freedom of innovation and protection of working people, because they also work for the common good. “

and if Montebourg does not deliver on the occasion of the book which recounts her years at Bercy and strategies to try to change the economic policy chosen by François Hollande, the last piece of his presidential puzzle – too soon – it sends a new postcard to his socialist comrades. One more.

(1) The Alternative Arnaud Montebourg , Antonio Rodriguez, Cherche Midi

Lilian Alemagna