Although the announcement of roles like the ministers for fishing, military veterans and 'territorial cohesion' don't sound like they would provoke a lot of drama (or even interest) the finalising of the list of ministers was the source of a crisis after the leader of Macron's major centrist allies MoDem flounced out of negotiations after apparently not being offered the role he wanted. Francois Bayrou - described by The Local's columnist John Lichfield as "irritating but important" - did eventually agree to remain on coalition with Macron's party, despite not getting a ministerial role but the cracks are definitely starting to show among the supposed buddies in the centre. On a side note, there were reportedly three ministers who behind the scenes expressed strong reservations about the controversial immigration bill, passed just before Christmas. Those three - Olivier Veran, Clement Beaune and Olivier Dussopt - are all now out of government, although they remain on the back-benches in parliament.
Incidentally, those Paris SUV charges...
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