Emmanuel Macron will receive Elisabeth Borne this Sunday evening to discuss "important issues", according to the president's entourage confirming a report by BFMTV, against the backdrop of an expected reshuffle that could take place next week. While the Élysée mentioned in particular "the bad weather in Pas-de-Calais and the arrival of the cold wave", for which the head of state asked to "speed up the responses", the government is hanging on the presidential decisions in the coming days on the architecture of a new team.
At the end of the weekend, the mystery remains as to who could replace Elisabeth Borne in Matignon. The Minister of the Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, is presented as a serious contender. Bruno Le Maire, who would like to rise to prominence, was due to be consulted by Emmanuel Macron on Friday evening, who is tempted to force him to run in the European elections. Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, was also received at the Élysée Palace on Thursday. An appointment to Matignon no longer seems to be on the cards, but the Quai d'Orsay could satisfy him if it were proposed, while the head of diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, could pay the price for too timid a communication. Otherwise, he would remain in Beauvau to oversee the Olympic Games.