“We’re going in circles”: ministerial collaborators between wait-and-see, fatigue and exasperation. Since January 11, the day the great upheaval was revealed, these collaborators have been stamping their feet with impatience and pacing back and forth at home.

“From the moment there are no more delegated ministers, there is no longer a team, and therefore no more advisors,” confirms a colleague, who, for the anecdote, has not emptied her office when leaving.