Louis de Raguenel / Photo credit: Andrea Savorani Neri / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP
Emmanuel Macron has decided to keep Elisabeth Borne at Matignon and will explain himself “by the end of the week” on the course he intends to pursue at the start of the school year, the president’s entourage announced on Monday. “To ensure stability and substantive work, the President of the Republic has decided to maintain the Prime Minister,” said this source. Why this choice ?
A default choice?
After these 100 days of appeasement set by the Head of State last April, Emmanuel Macron has not found better. A week ago, Gérald Darmanin held the rope. Finally, none of the contenders for the post has given him proof of his ability to poach some of the 62 Republican deputies he so badly needs. A default choice.
If we talk about the form, Emmanuel Macron could have chosen to legitimize Élisabeth Borne again by letting her resign and renaming her. This is not what he did by leaking, through the press, the extension, lip service, of his fixed-term contract.
The choice of “stability”?
Officially at the Élysée, we defend “the choice of stability, at a time when the French want to keep their bearings”. In reality, without a clear course, the president chose the status quo, taking the risk of immobility.
Pap Ndiaye, Marlène Schiappa, François Braun in the hot seat
In the entourage of Emmanuel Macron, we do not hide the list of threatened ministers: Pap Ndiaye, the Minister of Education, François Braun, Health, but also other Secretaries of State totally unknown to the general public. , or even Marlène Shiappa, who wants to turn a page.
The names of Aurore Bergé and Sacha Houlié mentioned
On the incoming side, the bench is not huge in the camp of Emmanuel Macron. The entry of Aurore Bergé, the president of the majority group in the National Assembly, is mentioned, like that of Sacha Houlié, who came from the left and is now president of the Law Commission.
Emmanuel Macron receives his ministers and their spouses this Tuesday evening at the Élysée for a dinner announced as a farewell drink for some, but who will not know, only at the end of the week, if they stay or if they are thanked .