Touting his method in an interview to the Parisian

Borloo or Fillon Promote Jean-Louis Borloo at Matignon François Fillon maintain Less one month of the large government reshuffling already several times postponed, Nicolas Sarkozy has, according to relatives, not yet decided. And it is not the intention of hurry. "It should not be confused with speed and precipitation", a-t-il said Friday, seeking to "take the time to reflect, calmly, calmly, deeply" in the political signals to give after the pension reform. The head of State tests the members of his Government and plays happily with the rumour (after having repeatedly praised the qualities of Luc Chatel, he went Thursday to the lands of François Baroin). The method has a drawback: it may user the candidates before even their appointment.

Thus Jean-Louis Borloo has spent the major part of his intervention on Canal Sunday to give the blast to his candidacy after the bad impression left by the chaotic Government communication on the shortage of fuel. Building on its strengths (his reputation as a negotiator and his ability to embody the Center), he wished to "resume the path of social cohesion" after the reform of pensions (see opposite). It is also attached to counter critics. His media absence at the height of the crisis "There are those who manage the crisis and those who comment on", he launched after filming the standing in his Ministry. The underestimation, two weeks ago, the risk of shortages in petrol stations "I never said, my view, there was no shortage", he started appearing include François Fillon. Soon, he resumed: the Prime Minister "has avoided panic and he was right." The terrain is particularly mined as the head of the Government had accused his Minister of the have misinformed on the availability of fuel.

Rivalry for Matignon

Relations between the two men are, for many years, complicated: they have lined up in 2004 in the Ministry of labour and to refer each other the responsibility of the gaff on social VAT between the two rounds of the legislative elections of 2007. Their rivalry for Matignon has considerably increased the voltage: the Secretary of State for the city, Fadela Amara, which campaigns for the promotion of the Minister of ecology, recently called the Prime Minister of "bourgeois notable of the Sarthe" surrounded by "wealthy" and supporters of François Fillon repeated that Jean-Louis Borloo is "unreliable". The head of the Government itself does not like to see his estate open before the time. Its supporters felt strengthened by the recent episodes: "the redesign soon and more that allows to examine the disadvantage of other assumptions," loose one of them. Parliamentarians address for maintenance of François Fillon, to reassure them: "If there were a vote, he would win with thirty lengths in advance", said a pillar of the UMP of the Assembly group. But the renewal of the Prime Minister faces two handicaps. One is the commitment of renewal teams several times stated by the head of State. The other is François Fillon himself: he is, according to those who coexist, tempted by an extension of lease and showed that he knows to exploit the weaknesses of its rivals, the head of Government is loath to discover. And Nicolas Sarkozy is generally sensitive to "the desire" which applicants for a position. Jean-Louis Borloo well understood, which is continuing his campaign. Touting his method in an interview "to the Parisian". And this morning the report of the evaluation of the round table committees of the environment.