White smoke.
Thirty years almost to the day after Edith Cresson's brief stay (1991-1992), the Hôtel de Matignon will soon be occupied by a woman again.
Freshly re-elected for a second term, Emmanuel Macron appointed Elisabeth Borne Prime Minister on Monday morning.
The announcement was formalized by a press release from the Elysée.
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Former boss of the RATP, the ex-prefect of Poitou-Charentes joined the Head of State in 2017. At his side, she successively occupied the moroccos of Transport, Ecological Transition then Labor.
“
She embodies most of the major transformations of the five-year term better than anyone
,” notes a close friend of Emmanuel Macron.
Towards a handover
His predecessor, Jean Castex, submitted his resignation to the President of the Republic a little earlier in the afternoon at the Élysée.
This, in a “ very simple, very classic
” letter ,
he confided to the
Parisian
, evoking “
a new era which is opening up
” for him.
Far from national political life, vis-à-vis which he intends to "
take a step aside
": "
I will return to my Pyrenees (...)
", assures the elected representative of Prades.
DIRECT – Jean Castex resigned to Emmanuel Macron, Elisabeth Borne at the gates of Matignon
Before finding his stronghold, the person concerned will however have to lend himself to the traditional exercise of the transfer of power, with the new head of government.
It will then be up to the latter to form, in agreement with the Head of State, the team that will make up the executive until the legislative elections of next June.
Vote whose result will condition a possible adjustment.
