After the legislative elections which saw the defeat of several members of the government, it is time for a cabinet reshuffle. It should be announced this Monday and already many rumors are flowing.
This is the traditional game of musical chairs. Many ministers and secretaries of state will change ministerial portfolios, without however leaving the government team. Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, the former Minister of Health Olivier Véran should thus replace Olivia Grégoire and become the spokesperson for the government. At the same time, Olivia Grégoire will join the great ministry of Bercy to become Minister Delegate for SMEs, Trade, Crafts and Tourism, while Franck Riester will recover Relations with Parliament. The Minister of Health Brigitte Bourguignon beaten in the legislative elections, it is the president of Samu-Emergencies of France, François Braun who should take a ministry oh so hot. That’s good, it was he who led the flash mission on the subject of emergencies which Elisabeth Borne, the Prime Minister, announced to take into account all the measures last Friday.
Damien Abad on the way out
Still in the radius of departures to be filled, that of Amélie de Montchalin as Minister of Ecological and Energy Transition. Christophe Béchu, already Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Communities, would hold the rope and it would be a nice political coup for Horizons, the party of Edouard Philippe of which he is one of the figureheads. In fact, it is Caroline Cayeux who would take the portfolio of the Territorial Communities. There remains a particularly thorny case to be decided: that of Damien Abad, Minister of Solidarity accused of rape and sexual assault. According to our information, Elisabeth Borne in person would have asked for her departure from the government. And she should get it. Genevière Darrieusecq would then replace him.