The President of France, Emmanuel Macronannounced this Thursday the composition of its new government following the recent inauguration of the Prime Minister. Gabriel Attaland thereby confirmed the continuity of his trusted ministers.
The changes made by Macron in his Cabinet of Ministers were announced by the Secretary General of the French Presidency. Alexis Kohlerin a press conference from the Elysée, published on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter.
The ministers who remain in France
The ministers who remain in their positions include the minister responsible for economic affairs, Bruno Le Maireand the inside, Gerald Darmanindespite the pressure on the latter due to the recent parliamentary handling of immigration reform, which even led him to make the position available to Macron and explore a possible exit.
The Minister of Justice also continues: Eric Dupond Morettiacquitted in December in a case involving his former work as a lawyer and the defense chief, Sebastien Lecornu. According to sources cited by BFMTV, Macron even offered former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to stay in the government as defense minister, but she declined.
The news in Macron's government
One of the big news will be the rise of Prisca Thevenot, new spokesman for the management. The 38-year-old Thévenot was the “number two” in the Ministry of Education under Attal, which is why she is considered a person of the new prime minister's greatest trust.
She will also take on the position of Minister of Culture Rachida Datiwho served as attorney general during the former president's administration Nicolas Sarzoky and also candidate for mayor of Paris in the 2020 elections against her rival Anne Hidalgo.
Likewise, Macron's former campaign advisor, Stephane Séjourné, and current general secretary of Renacimiento, will take over the foreign affairs portfolio, replacing Catherine Colonna. He is also chairman of the liberal “Renew Europe” group in the European Parliament.
Key year for France: from the Olympic Games to the European elections
Macron and Attal, who have held several meetings in recent days – this Thursday they had lunch together – thus complete the series of changes that began on Monday Resignation of Borne. A day later, the name of the new head of government was announced, who at 34 is the youngest leader in the history of the French Fifth Republic.
Attal, previously seen as one of the ministers most sympathetic to Macron, faces the challenge of revitalizing the government's image in a crucial year marked by the crisis Olympic Games in Paris and for the celebration at the beginning of June European electionsin which The far right is aiming to repeat the success of 2019 and become the first force again.