It looks like a Council of Ministers. It has the rhythm and the scenography of a Council of Ministers but in reality, it is no longer really one. Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, the weekly and intangible meeting of the executive has changed in nature. And not only because certain members of the government are only present by videoconference. Nor is it because they have to respect each other's “barrier gestures” to avoid the spread of the virus. No. If the Council of Ministers has changed, it is because it has tightened around only ten ministers, all concerned with the management of the crisis.
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"Everyone retains their specialty, but there are no longer any real ministerial perimeters ," observes a close friend of Emmanuel Macron. There is a kind of permanent “brain trust” around the president. ” Ten ministers find themselves propelled to the heart of the health crisis of the century. In Health, Olivier Véran manages the situation in hospitals. To the Economy,
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