The change is (again) now. Less than a month and a half after the announcement of a first government, the team put in place on May 20 must already be reshuffled.
While at the time, Emmanuel Macron had been slow to formalize the appointment of his Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, and to unveil the list of twenty-three ministers and four secretaries of state, the President of the Republic must review the casting . A subject that was at the heart of the exchanges between the two heads of the executive, Friday 1is July, so that Mme Borne report on his exchanges with the leaders of the opposition in recent days, and present to the Head of State proposals on “the composition of a new government of action”. Even if it means giving the impression of being bogged down in human resources issues, while hot issues (inflation, Covid-19, hospitals) are multiplying?
” It is urgent to take action “recognized the tenant of the Elysée, June 30, on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid. “It is normal that the action takes into account the choices of our compatriots and that it is done in good order”, he continued. Understand: the executive must take into account the disappointment recorded in the legislative elections and the new balances in the National Assembly, where the Prime Minister, under pressure, must deliver her general policy statement on Wednesday July 6.
Before this highly anticipated speech, the reshuffle should take place “in complete consistency” Monday or Tuesday, according to government spokeswoman Olivia Grégoire. It first aims to replace the three ministers who bowed to the legislative elections: Amélie de Montchalin for ecological transition and territorial cohesion, Brigitte Bourguignon for health, and Justine Benin, Secretary of State for the sea. All must leave office, in accordance with the rule that a member of the government defeated in the legislative elections cannot remain in office. To these is added the Minister for Overseas, Yaël Braun-Pivet, elected to the presidency of the National Assembly, Tuesday.
Parity, “a big subject”
In addition to these “mandatory” changes, around ten deputy ministers and secretaries of state must be appointed to fill portfolios not filled during the first wave. This concerns in particular housing, transport, biodiversity or rurality… With reinforcements expected in particular at Bercy for digital, industrial sovereignty or tourism. From twenty-seven members, the government will therefore move to a much larger workforce. With a puzzle: how to respect parity, when the four departing ministers are women? A challenge considered “a big subject to manage” within the majority. Because in the names circulating to take their place, we essentially find… men.
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