She says it herself, it was “an intense year”. As her first anniversary at Matignon approaches, Elisabeth Borne gave an exclusive interview to the Sunday newspaper. In this interview, the Prime Minister simply defends her record. It is a “solid” and “coherent” balance sheet, she judges. “We have carried out difficult but essential reforms”, replies the Prime Minister, who recalls that in one year, 27 texts have been adopted.
“For a year, we have been moving forward”
An argument in his eyes to demonstrate that Parliament is not blocked. “The mirage is that of our impediment. For a year, we have been moving forward”, argues Elisabeth Borne who, in this interview, bluntly displays her ambition: to stay at Matignon. “I have no doubt that some would see themselves in my place, but I want to continue to meet the challenges of the country,” she explains, when she will receive the unions on Tuesday and Wednesday. She also considers it possible, despite the pension crisis, to restore dialogue with them.
Finally, questioned on the supposed ambition of Gérald Darmanin to settle in Matignon, Elisabeth Borne praises the personality, the course, the experience of his Minister of the Interior. But she visibly responds not without irony: “He is very committed to his duties as minister”.
In the JDDthe Prime Minister also speaks on this biography entitled The Secret, published last week and from which she wishes to remove certain passages. She justifies herself: “When a journalist describes in detail the conditions of my father’s suicide, when she makes intrusive remarks about my privacy, when she spreads allegations about my health or my sexual orientation. How can you claim that this could have been done? With my permission?” she asks. Elisabeth Borne judges “at some point, too much is too much”.