Manuel Valls denied any “threat to resign” – Les Echos

A defense of the draft reform of the Labour Code, together with promises of “improvements” , that is to say of concessions to the unions and some the left. But not only. In the long interview he gave to “Sunday Journal” Manuel Valls also works to defend himself. In denying in particular have brandished the threat of a starting Matignon if this text, which he described as “essential” was denatured. “I never did and I will not do blackmail to resign. Narcissism, egotism and whims, I leave it to others “, slice the Prime Minister, saying his relationship with Hollande ” full of personal loyalty and respect for institutions “.

for the head of government, it is, according to a close, “twist blow to those who theorize the idea of ​​a break with the head of State “. Although he does not say so, Manuel Valls clearly suggests that it will not use the El Khomri law as a pretext to abandon his post. In the “circumstances” current ( “the terrorist threat, migration crisis, Europe dislocation risk” ) “there would be a form indecent to ask the debate surrounding my person, “, he noted. It was urgent to calm things down.

Make the “job” to the end

In polls the Prime Minister in turn is in turmoil, with an approval rating to the lowest since it is at Matignon. And in the majority – where that’s saying that the threat of recourse to 49-3 angered – many suspect the “soft elastic” to prepare for its release, in “a 1976 remake” (the starting Jacques Chirac Matignon). “He will not leave. It’s not in his DNA “, assures a member of the bodyguard of Manuel Valls, seeing in these ” rumors “ a will ” destabilize “. “Why leave? It does not make sense “, insists another, saying – as the Elysee. – The two heads of the executive in ” substantive agreement “

“It’s not starting from Matignon you go back in the opinion. It’s not automatic “, gliding near the head of state. Tightrope, the head of government, both, need to send pledges loyalty to François Hollande and for its image and its balance sheet, a relatively ambitious reform of the Labour Code. “If not, he will not do the job to the end” reports a senior. “I could have said, there remains fourteen months I’ll slow down, take no risks … It is not my view of politics, nor the president,” reports Manuel Valls

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