The Bercy tenant, who supervises four delegate ministers, had himself announced his renewal on Monday morning.
He remains in Bercy. Heavyweight of the majority, Bruno Le Maire is reappointed to his post as Minister of the Economy in the new government of Élisabeth Borne, announced this Monday morning by the Élysée. The ex-LR remains, in detail, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, as in the first version of the Borne government. He also remains first in the protocol order of ministers unveiled by the presidential palace, and the only full-fledged minister at Bercy.
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The former member of the Eure and Minister of Agriculture under Nicolas Sarkozy had himself announced his continuation in government a few hours earlier, on France Inter. “Minister of Economy and Finance, you should still be this evening after the reshuffle, is it not an absolute scoop to say that this morning?“, had questioned Léa Salamé. What the tenant of Bercy was content to answer, with a smile: “No, it’s not a scoop.»
At Bercy, this pillar of macronie – he has held the post of Minister of the Economy since the very beginning of Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term – will be accompanied by four deputy ministers but will have no secretary of state. Gabriel Attal is confirmed in the Public Accounts, while Roland Lescure and Jean-Noël Barrot enter the government. The first, Renaissance deputy for French people living abroad and former chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee at the Assembly, takes the portfolio of Industry, and the second, MoDem deputy from Yvelines, that of Digital Transition and Telecommunications . Olivia Grégoire is making her return to Bercy, moving from spokesperson for the executive to the post of Minister Delegate in charge of SMEs, Trade, Crafts and Tourism. In the Jean Castex team, she was previously in charge of the social, solidarity and responsible economy, under the authority of Bruno Le Maire.