Emmanuel Macron has just acquired a team of fighters. Exit the most erased personalities or those who did not manage to convey the message clearly in the media, such as Nicole Belloubet, or Muriel Pénicaud ... Welcome to the specialists of the TV sets, to the regulars of the verbal contest, to the professionals of the show policy.
Spectacular, that's the word, to qualify the entry into government of Eric Dupond-Moretti as Minister of Justice! A few hours earlier, we thought the tenor of the bar was preparing his arrival next season on Europe 1 where he had signed for a daily column at 7:50 am. He will finally be Keeper of the Seals! At RN, the appointment of the lawyer goes badly. He is a "militant from the far left who wants to ban RN", for Marine Le Pen.
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Roselyne Bachelot also will leave the LCI studios to return to political life. She leaves the TF1 tower to settle in rue de Valois, propelled Minister of Culture. Com professionals two years away from a presidential election, that makes sense. As for those who have been kept or promoted they have one thing in common, they too are pros, but pros of politics. Gérald Darmanin at the Ministry of the Interior (we will see how coexistence is organized with his new minister responsible for citizenship, Marlène Schiappa).
Castaner and Ndiaye, two faithful sacrificed
Bruno Le Maire, whose scope is expanding in Bercy and which is responsible for dossier number 1, the revival. Amélie de Montchalin and Sébastien Lecornu both go up in rank, full-time ministers, one in the public service, the other in Overseas. Olivier Véran comforted with health. Jean-Michel Blanquer who keeps Education and gets his hands on Sports. Particular sign: they are punchers. Those who have never balked at going to get wet in the media arena to defend the head of state, even if it means taking blows.
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The profile of the leavers also says a lot about Emmanuel Macron's desire to separate from those who were no longer able to go to battle, because they had made mistakes or because they were too damaged by the previous battles. Christophe Castaner first, who this time will not have been saved by his unfailing loyalty. Disqualified for a few weeks with his own troops, he was punished, coldly.
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Same thing for Sibeth Ndiaye, she too, however, faithful among the faithful. Her entourage explains that it is her choice, that she wanted to "return to civil society" ... The fact remains that this very close friend of Emmanuel Macron had taken a lot of blows lately and emerged from the Covid crisis as one of the faces of government comings and goings on masks or tests.
Nine right ministers and as many left ministers
For Didier Guillaume, too, it's the door, replaced at the Ministry of Agriculture by the good student Julien Denormandie. Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne lost his post as secretary of state for foreign trade and it was Franck Riester who left Culture to recover his powers, it was a question of keeping the party Act warm in the majority. We do not forget that Guillaume and Lemoyne, had strongly annoyed Macron when they wanted to be both candidates for Biarritz on competing lists…
Is this government oriented to the right? With those very close to Nicolas Sarkozy, like one of his former ministers Roselyne Bachelot, Gérald Darmanin at the head of a key ministry, or even Jean Castex (whose paw is hard to feel in the choice of his subordinates) who officiated at his side at the Elysée, it is at first sight what is striking. But on closer inspection, nine ministers come from the right, nine from the left.
As for parity, it is not respected… since women outnumber men in this government, 17 to 15. This triggered a satisfaction from the Elysée: “We do better with Castex 1 than with Philip 2 ". This is all the hope of Emmanuel Macron.