Alexandre Chauveau and Mayalène Trémolet / Photo credit: JEAN-FRANCOIS FORT / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
In the name of “stability” and before speaking by the end of the week, Emmanuel Macron confirmed Monday evening the maintenance at Matignon of Élisabeth Borne, who now intends to make “adjustments” in her government. “To ensure stability and substantive work, the President of the Republic has decided to maintain the Prime Minister”, announced the entourage of the Head of State, who will explain “by the end of the week”.
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An announcement that makes people react since the support of the Head of State for Elisabeth Borne comes through the press. A minimal staging which illustrates, according to an adviser, Emmanuel Macron’s lack of enthusiasm to keep his Prime Minister.
Immediately after this confirmation, Elisabeth Borne indicated that she “wishes (wishes) adjustments” for her government, and that she will propose them to the President of the Republic on Wednesday or Thursday, according to Matignon. A dozen ministers and secretaries of state are expected to leave the government, notably Pap Ndiaye and François Braun. On the incoming side, few names are currently circulating. According to information from Europe 1, several profiles have already been studied by the High Authority for the transparency of public life, responsible for studying the tax declarations of potential ministers.
Emmanuel Macron, for his part, should speak this week to take stock of the 100 days and set the course for the start of the school year. A speech that he himself had fixed but that he would regret, according to an adviser, convinced that the French are already in the mood for vacation.
“You don’t change a losing team”
If the majority welcomes the announced maintenance of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, the oppositions, for their part, denounce it. “Emmanuel Macron maintains Emmanuel Macron”, quips the rebellious Alexis Corbière. For Laure Lavalette, MP for the National Rally, the president is making a serious mistake. “You don’t change a losing team,” she says at the microphone of Europe 1.
“It’s still quite astonishing. I think that technocracy won, but the people lost. Elisabeth Borne, it’s this brutality with her eleven 49.3s. I don’t think the French have turned the page on this pension reform and the maintenance of Elisabeth Borne is an additional snub It was easy to break the impasse once again by listening to the French people and I think it is the opposite that they are doing . He locks himself a little more in a kind of ivory tower, very deaf once again to the concerns of the French.”