Change of program. Prime Minister Jean Castex was forced to cancel his trip to the Vatican for the canonization of Frenchman Charles de Foucauld, this Sunday, May 15. Because Emmanuel Macron will travel to Abu Dhabi to “pay tribute to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan”, who died on Friday May 13.
The reason for this last-minute change is that the two chief executives cannot be out of territory at the same time, Matignon said.
According to the Huffpost, Matignon has already mandated Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin to go to the Vatican on Sunday.
A new prime minister at the start of the week?
Emmanuel Macron should return to Paris on Sunday evening from his trip to the Emirates, while the appointment of a new Prime Minister, followed by that of the government, is expected at the start of the week.
This Sunday, ten “blessed” will accede to Sainthood. Among them, the French religious-explorer Charles de Foucauld, César de Bus, a French priest who lived at the end of the 16th century and the Frenchwoman Sister Marie Rivier.