Who is Thierry Beaudet, the new name considered in search for French PM?

Former teacher Thierry Beaudet has emerged as a new candidate for the role of prime minister after he was contacted by President Macron at the end of August.

However, media reports suggest that Mr Macron’s party members are not convinced.

Mr Beaudet, 62, who is currently President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE), which advises lawmakers on questions of social and economic policies, has no political experience and is considered a pure technocrat.

He was offered the role of prime minister after a meeting with Mr Macron on August 29, according to reports in L’Opinion and later confirmed in other French media.

The offer was accepted on condition that the president allows Mr Beaudet to "steer the government to the left", reports Le Nouvel Obs.

Deal not sealed

However, while President Macron can in theory name whomever he chooses as prime minister, the deal has not yet been sealed.

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“The idea was greeted with doubt by the president’s parliamentary alliance,” an unnamed member of Mr Macron’s party told Politico on September 3.

Mr Beaudet, from Domfront (Orne), is considered a technocrat rather than a politician - as Mr Macron himself once was.

However, the consideration of a political outsider has not won over Mr Macron’s allies

“Waiting seven weeks to name a technocrat who will apply Macronist policies would be to deny the election result,” one official in Mr Macron’s party, Renaissance, told Politico. “Not only denying the result, but even the fact that there were elections.

“He will be eaten up by the crocodiles.”

Who is Thierry Beaudet?