When Bayrou was about to denounce the "betrayal" of Macron "the duplicitous"

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Emmanuel Macron fancied himself Jupiter, but could he be nothing more than Mercury, the duplicitous god of commerce and thieves? For while the President and François Bayrou appeared to be accomplices on the July 14th weekend, the ties between these two ten-year friends have weakened after the Béarnese's seven months at the Prime Minister's office. Everything began to unravel last December, when Macron warned his previously loyal centrist ally that he preferred Sébastien Lecornu for Prime Minister's office.