"The Paris-born Minc was once Emmanel Macron's advisor and fixer. But today, he loathes the head of state and what he represents for France. He no longer responds to his messages and considers him to be the worst president in the history of the Fifth Republic. He delivered his thoughts on the current situation to EL PAIS on Monday, October 13. He did so at noon, in his imposing office near the Champs-Elysees, which is dominated by a black-and-white photo of playwright Samuel Beckett."
"We can say that it's already outlived the first, which only lasted 14 hours [after key cabinet members were named]. But I don't think it will get very far. The no-confidence motion will be decided by just a few votes, especially within the very divided Socialist bloc. Even if Lecornu survives, he won't make it to the budget debate. The situation is hopeless."
"Few know as well as he does the workings of the French Fifth Republic: its leaders, its flaws, its virtues and the limits of the state's governmental apparatus. Minc has a foot in business, politics, literature and art. He's one of those people presidents turn to in order to decipher the music that plays in each era, so that they can understand it."
Alain Minc combines experience in business, politics, literature and art with long-standing access to France's engine room. He understands the Fifth Republic's leaders, flaws, virtues and the limits of the state's governmental apparatus. He once advised Emmanuel Macron but now refuses to respond to Macron's messages and judges him the worst president in the Fifth Republic's history. Minc predicts Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu's second administration will not last, forecasts a likely no-confidence defeat or failure to reach the budget debate, and warns that mainstream politics is accelerating the National Rally's rise.
Read at english.elpais.com
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