They were the main actors in the redesign

They were the main actors in the redesign. Two - Jean-François Copé and François Fillon - occupy a place in the majority and the third - Jean-Louis Borloo - resisting marginalization. None of the three is a crony of Nicolas Sarkozy, but the head of State feeds for each of the projects. Their already obvious rivalry is likely to continue to fuel the political Chronicle of the majority.

Copé, "period".

This is the qualifier added to the new boss of the UMP by close to François Fillon. And indeed, Jean-François Copé behaving as such. After Nicolas Sarkozy's Secretariat-General of the party, he managed to elect one of its relatives, Christian Jacob, head of the UMP of the Assembly group.

During the general policy speech of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday at the Assembly, he read his mail, conversed with his neighbour and then applauded very weakly... And Jean-François Copé too control the communication that is not significant. "He is in position to confront Fillon", says a close member. Because the Prime Minister has a wrong in the eyes of the new pattern of the UMP: appear better than him as a remedy to right-wing voters.

While François Fillon takes much of its strength from the support of the parliamentarians of the majority, Jean-François Copé has now hold points press of the party in the Palais-Bourbon. If he did fight without soul States centrist Jean Leonetti, candidate for the Presidency of the UMP group, Deputy-Mayor of Meaux praised the diversity in the party. And the business of luxury has already started its two new assistants, Marc-Philippe Daubresse centrist and liberal Hervé Novelli. "I have no reason to eschew Copé", confirms the latter, the assurance of financial means for its sensitivity. Former Secretary of State was until now a staunch support of François Fillon.

Fillon, the watchman

"Fillon and Copé are the two winners of the redesign and they want to both make re-elect Nicolas Sarkozy.". "There is no reason that it does not work between them", wants to believe the MP UMP Valérie Rosso-Debord, who would like to reconcile two loyalties. And yet, the Prime Minister is not inert in the Copé offensive. His most loyal supporters in Parliament have agreed to meet more regularly and François Fillon has proposed a meeting with Hervé Novelli. No doubt to pick up the pieces. Because, if it is reinforced by its renewal at Matignon, the Prime Minister must also manage some bitterness: supports that he was unable to save (as Novelli), and Jean-Louis Borloo and his friends, he contributed to exclude. And then, François Fillon may welcome the new "distribution of roles" officially accepted by Nicolas Sarkozy, but he also knows the susceptibility of the head of State and the hostility of a part of his entourage.

Fillon "embodies the provincial France of right", recently told Alain Minc, and echoing the "bourgeois of the Sarthe" term used by Fadela Amara until it was unloaded from the Government. Also the head of Government he publicly challenged any notion of "hyper-Premier Minister". "It is not prudent, it is a way to assert its position as Prime Minister. Point. "And without preposition", said at Matignon. And perhaps avoid multiply fronts.

Borloo, the survivor

He was the clear loser in the redesign, it remains silent and, yet, "he managed to not get out of the game", as noted by a member of the former leadership of the UMP. Announcing himself out of the Government, Jean-Louis Borloo was able to embody, almost on its own, the wrong way to the centrists of the majority. By know, Wednesday, the day of his enemy François Fillon policy speech, he left the leadership of the UMP, he transformed symbol a not too expensive decision for him (he had never participated in the work of the party). "He is never do the worst policy," said the head of State, which, for sure, has invited its former Minister breakfast on November 19. It is the "Michel Rocard" Nicolas Sarkozy said the week last Alain Minc, making shimmering Matignon "after" 2012.

Jean-Louis Borloo knows that the President does not break with him because he will need of the centrist electorate for presidential. Suddenly, his close guard of the small radical party over which he presides in plays, proposing a "coordination" of the centrists of the majority, and then leaving poses the threat of a "making of independence towards the UMP". The former Minister will speak on 9 December, two days before the national Council of the UMP, and again MP 13. He enjoys a good reputation (it has 5 to 8 percent of voting intentions). But, apart from its square of loyal to the radical party, it has no troops, the support of various centrist chapels being completely random.