Since the last Council of Ministers, Wednesday, July 26, vacation time has come for the government. In a directive, Matignon recommended that ministers opt for “a destination compatible with their responsibilities”, that is to say, holidays that are as close as possible and as connected as possible, in order to remain fully available. They also had to provide, among other things, their vacation dates and their address to, again, guarantee their availability and prepare for the start of the school year as well as possible.
Significant constraint: the new government begins its vacation just over a week after the reshuffle. During this short time, it was therefore necessary to set up cabinets, organize his holidays, but above all the start of the school year. Thus, the newly appointed Gabriel Attal distinguished himself by making his first trip, the day after his appointment, to the reconstruction site of a school in the Parisian suburbs burned down during the riots in early July; and he has already imposed the themes he wishes to defend for the start of the school year – school bullying, respect for teaching staff…
For other new recruits, the summer is clearly a time of adaptation. Thus, the Secretary of State in charge of Youth and the UNS, Prisca Thévenot, who joined a ministry for the first time, announced that she had canceled her holidays to be fully mobilized, alongside associations and organizations. youth organizations. Her cabinet formed, she also went on Friday, July 28, to Doussard, on Lake Annecy, to visit a “learning camp”.
Finally, barely appointed, Philippe Vigier, new Minister Delegate for Overseas Territories, had to make sure to get as much as possible on the ground, as did the Secretary of State for the Sea Hervé Berville, reinforced in his functions , which speaks of “flea hopping on the coastline”. Philippe Vigier therefore flew, two days after his appointment, to New Caledonia. A much-needed trip to change his image, since, the target of criticism from some local elected officials for his lack of knowledge and experience concerning the situation of the overseas territories, he wants to be “completely attentive to the territories and parliamentarians “, according to remarks reported by AFP.
For ministers already in office, it is often a question of reconciling holidays and responsibilities. For example, since the start of the festival season, the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak has visited several of them (the Printemps de Pérouges in Ain, the Nuits secrets in the North, Un violin on the sand in Charente-Maritime…); she will therefore continue to show her support for French festivals during the rest of the holidays, since she will take advantage of her holidays in Loire-Atlantique to go, among other things, to the Les Escales festival in Saint-Nazaire.
With an equally practical mind, Elisabeth Borne will travel as usual to the Var, from where she will be able to communicate easily with Emmanuel Macron who will reside, there also as usual, at Fort Brégançon, in Bormes-les. -Mimosa.
Some ministries require a special presence during the summer. This is the case of the Ecological Transition, with many risk situations announced for the period (heat wave, drought, fires, etc.). Thus, Christophe Béchu, criticized for his relative discretion last summer, will hold a daily meeting with his team about these risky situations. Likewise, the teams of the Minister in charge of Territorial Communities and Rurality Dominique Faure told us that she would be very available from the South-West, her native region where she was a deputy before her appointment, and available, in particular, with regard to forest fires and safety in the face of natural hazards.
The Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra also wants to be mobilized: she goes first to Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) to attend the Games of La Francophonie, a sports competition overseen by the International Organization of La Francophonie ( OIF) and which takes place from July 28 to August 6. Then, after a few days of rest with her family, she will go from August 15 and with Gérald Darmanin to French Polynesia on the occasion of the Pro Tahiti, a stage of the World Surfing Championship which is held each year in the south of France. west of the island of Tahiti.
It will also be an opportunity for Amélie Oudéa-Castéra to discover the site which will host the surfing event of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Finally, in the event of the French team qualifying for the final of the Coupe Women’s World Cup scheduled for August 20, the Minister plans to travel to Australia to support Les Bleues in Sydney.
