Roland Lescure was appointed Minister Delegate for Industry on Monday.
An important morocco, in Bercy, under the tutelage of Bruno Le Maire, for the one who chaired the Economic Affairs Committee of the National Assembly throughout the previous legislature.
“Extremely honored by the confidence of Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne. I am determined, with Bruno Le Maire, to contribute to the success of our industrial companies, and the millions of French men and women who work there, to strengthen our sovereignty”
, reacted on Twitter the new member of the government.
Main spokesperson for the Republic on the move, Roland Lescure was thus rewarded when his name had already been circulating for several months to join the government.
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In the absence of a nomination in the first version of the Borne government, then re-elected in June as a deputy for French nationals living abroad (United States and Canada), he ran for the presidency of the National Assembly with the encouragement of the Élysée.
But it was ultimately Yaël Braun-Pivet who was elected by the deputies.
The scope of Industry, which had not been occupied since last May, finds a minister in a tense economic context and high expectations around the ecological transition.
