Emmanuel Macron’s first term officially ends overnight from Friday to Saturday. If the President of the Republic remains, his Prime Minister, Jean Castex, is about to leave, even if uncertainty remains as to the timetable for the resignation of the government – which the Constitution does not make compulsory. This weekend, Jean Castex has one last trip on his agenda: to lead the French delegation for the canonization on Sunday in the Vatican of the explorer, then hermit, Charles de Foucauld.
In the meantime, Jean Castex said goodbye to the Matignon staff on Wednesday, then, Thursday evening, to the ministers, invited to a buffet in the gardens with their spouses. “Never forget that we are only servants! Political action is collective action. Ambitions are legitimate, but they are only valid if they are at the service of the collective”he said, according to an attendee, to ministers, who presented him with a standing ovation and a rugby shirt.