The letter is already ready.
“Very simple, very classic,” he says as he packs up.
It will be delivered by hand to Emmanuel Macron to signify his resignation and that of his government, "without remorse or regret".
When Jean Castex was asked what his life would be like after Matignon, the former mayor of Prades (Pyrénées-Orientales) was so far not very vocal.
Now that he will officially return his apron, he barely lifts the veil on his immediate projects: "I'm going to return to my Pyrenees, I have to repaint my shutters and my railing which took a hit for two years", he evacuated a few hours before the handover.
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