Jacques Serais, edited by Solène Leroux
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07:10, May 11, 2022
The last council of ministers of Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term is this Wednesday morning, the official end date of his first term being Friday evening at midnight. It should also be the last Council of the government of Jean Castex. If the ministerial reshuffle is now imminent, the president is preparing, according to information from the political service of Europe 1, to carry out another reshuffle, just as important, within his cabinet and for the most strategic positions of the State.
“A profound change”
Emmanuel Macron has set a deadline: June 19, the day of the second round of legislative elections. After these elections, he wants to make “a big bang”. The expression is dropped by one of his relatives. A kind of spring cleaning for the beginning of summer. “At all the highest floors”, specifies this adviser.
From members of his cabinet to directors of central administration, via prefects, “it will be a profound change”, confirms another, “because the president is aware of needing new blood”. In fact, Emmanuel Macron’s objective is clear. He wants to be certain of the loyalty and compatibility of all senior officials who will implement his policy.
The candidates jostle for the Palace of Versailles
This also applies to prestigious positions, such as the presidency of the Palace of Versailles. The current director Catherine Pgard (67) reached the age limit 15 months ago and the Head of State is slow to name his successor. This causes a certain astonishment in the world of culture when several candidates have expressed their interest in taking the head of the castle.
Jean d’Haussonville, first, director general of the national domain of Chambord and commissioner for the development of the national domain of Rambouillet. Hervé Lemoine, director of the Mobilier national, is also a candidate, as is Franck Riester, former Minister of Culture, currently in charge of Foreign Trade, or even Camille Pascal, Versailles, Grand Prix of the novel of the French Academy and adviser to Jean Castex at Matignon. Even Rima Abdul Malak, cultural adviser to the president, would see it well.
Same for the most sensitive functions: some intelligence services could change direction following misses since the start of the war in Ukraine.