EEmmanuel Macron was the first to leave the capital to reach Fort Brégançon. The “studious” vacation in the Var of the President of the Republic began almost a week ago, place for ministers, on leave after the end of parliamentary work, with the usual guidelines not to stray too far from Paris .
The members of the government had been asked to remain in their posts until the end of the debates in Parliament. Instructions were also given to them, via a circular, to choose a destination “compatible with the exercise of their responsibilities”, and to remain reachable “if necessary”. They will have to stay two or three hours from Paris at most, according to the Chancellery.
The privileged south of France
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will not be very far from the Head of State, since she has favored the Var. Éric Dupond-Moretti, Minister of Justice, goes as often to Nice, even if he will first represent the government on Tuesday at the ceremony to commemorate the attack on rue des Rosiers in Paris, 40 years ago. . On the program: “study holidays” but “lots of rest”. Sylvie Retailleau (Higher education) will also stay in the Alpes-Maritimes, her native department.
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In the southeast, still, will stay Gérald Darmanin (Interior), in Bouches-du-Rhône, Jean-François Carenco (Overseas) in Hérault, Clément Beaune (Transport) in Provence and Jean-Christophe Combe ( Solidarités) in the Pyrénées-Orientales. Olivier Klein (City and Housing) will go to the Gard, “like every year” since he was a teenager. Roland Lescure (Industry) will be in the southwest, like Geneviève Darieussecq (Disabled people) in the Landes.
“Not in Vegas”
Olivier Dussopt (Labour) will in any case “not be in Vegas or Saint Barth'”, only specifies his entourage. At Health, François Braun “will take very little” vacation and “will simply spend a few days with the family in the Alps”, according to his cabinet. He will prepare “the start of the new school year and in particular the “big conference” on health and will be “on the ground to share with the health actors of the territory the implementation of the flash mission and collect their feedback”.
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After having defended the amending finance bill for the last time before Parliament on Thursday, Gabriel Attal (Public Accounts) and Bruno Le Maire (Economy) will take the direction of Corsica and Ile aux Moines respectively for the first, from Brittany and the Basque Country for the second, as “every year”. In Corsica, Catherine Colonna (Foreign Affairs) who will also go to Touraine, and Franck Riester (Relations with Parliament) will also stay. The Angevin Christophe Béchu (Ecological Transition) will be in his department of Maine-et-Loire, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra (Sports) in La Baule, Caroline Cayeux (Communities) will enjoy the Emerald Coast in Brittany and Rima Abdul Malak ( Culture) of Saint-Brieuc. The latter will also go to Isère, in the Chartreuse massif, and to the International Festival of Street Theater in Aurillac, according to those around her.
The Minister of Education Pap Ndiaye will go to the Cotentin to “recharge”. In the East, Isabelle Rome (Equality between women and men) will go to Haute-Savoie “on her native lands” to “go back to see the school where she grew up” then in the Var, according to her entourage. Olivier Becht (Foreign Trade) will be in Alsace. Olivia Grégoire (SME and Trade) “intends to take advantage of the calm to rest” in Haute-Saône, in the house of her parents-in-law, details those around her. Marc Fesneau (Agriculture) will be in Loir-et-Cher and Sébastien Lecornu (Armies) in Eure, their chosen lands. The back-to-school Council of Ministers is scheduled for August 24.