Part of the veil is finally lifted.
This Wednesday, at the end of the Council of Ministers, the government spokesperson gave some details on the change of executive to come, following the re-election of Emmanuel Macron as head of state.
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While the resignation of Jean Castex is still awaited - before the second round, he had announced that he would present it quickly if the outgoing president re-elected for five years - a first date has been mentioned: May 13, official end of the first mandate of Emmanuel Macron.
“The mandate runs until May 13”
"The Castex government will go to the end of Emmanuel Macron's first five-year term", assured Gabriel Attal, specifying that it had "been confirmed" to him that the investiture ceremony, scheduled for this Saturday, did not automatically trigger the start of the second. five year term.
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"The ceremony, formally, takes place on the 7th (
May
), but institutionally the first term runs until May 13 at midnight or May 14 at midnight," he insisted.
“The government is at its task to act, to protect the French, to take all the necessary decisions, and the time for individual decisions has not come.
No proposal has been made to anyone in the matter,” concluded Gabriel Attal.
The "lunch buffet", organized after the Council of Ministers last week, had suggested that the resignation of the current government would take place quickly.
This is ultimately - a priori - not the case.