Head of government Elisabeth Borne, whose resignation was refused by Emmanuel Macron, gave her news in an interview with Ruth Elkrief, on LCI, Thursday, June 23.
A complex period. While the macronie has lost the absolute majority in the National Assembly following the legislative elections, it will now have to deal with the various political forces represented in the hemicycle, in particular with the two opposition groups to the presidential coalition Together!namely the Nudes (131 deputies) and the national rally (89 deputies). In this context, the fate of Elisabeth Borne is also on everyone’s lips. As tradition dictates, the Prime Minister presented, on Monday 20 June, his resignation to Emmanuel Macron, who refused it, “so that the government can stay on task”, announced the Elysée to AFP. If the head of government is currently confirmed in her post until further notice, his future in the executive is uncertain.
Three days after the Head of State’s decision to keep his government in place, Elisabeth Borne answered, Thursday, June 23, questions from journalist Ruth Elkrief on LCI. The one that came out winner of the second round of the legislative elections in Calvados was asked about her daily life as Prime Minister. “Do you say to yourself: it’s Matignon’s hell ?”, then asked the journalist. To which Elisabeth Borne replied: “I confirm it to you: it’s intense.”
“These are not simple subjects”, admits Elisabeth Borne
“I am not not really surprised because I had the opportunity to spend a few years as a counselor here”nevertheless nuanced the former Minister of Labour, whose task is naturally complicated. “We are here to solve all the problems which could not be settled before in a ministry. There are many topics that can come up here and generally, these are not simple subjects“she explained.
From now on, Elisabeth Borne finds herself in charge of another responsibility: that of convincing deputies of the right and the left to vote the texts of the presidential majority in the Assembly, and thus avoid a deadlock. As for the spade of François Bayrou, who indicated on France Inter that “the times demand[aient] that the Prime Minister or the Prime Minister is political” and not “that we have the feeling that it is technology that governs the country”Elisabeth Borne assured, on LCI, that she did not feel “not covered by this review“.