While this Friday marks the end of Emmanuel Macron's first five-year term, Jean Castex is living his last days at Matignon.
He who never wanted to stay beyond the CDD established by the president, and to whom Emmanuel Macron asked to wait a little longer before leaving for good.
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Thus, this mayor of a small village in the Pyrénées-Orientales who became prime minister when France entered a long period of health crisis linked to the Covid-19 epidemic, will remain in his post at least until Monday.
This weekend, Jean Castex will lead the French delegation for the canonization at the Vatican of Charles de Foucauld.
His resignation, confirmed Stanislas Guerini, “
will obviously be in the hours or days to come
”.
On France 2, the delegate general of La République en Marche continued: “
It seemed to me that the Prime Minister will still be when he goes to the Vatican on Sunday.
It's a matter of days.
These are indeed the last days of Jean Castex at Matignon.
Finally, Stanislas Guerini paid tribute to "
a great prime minister
".
“
He had come to manage the deconfinement, he did much more than that.
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