Their relationship has had its ups and downs, to the point that a change of Prime Minister was mentioned. But Emmanuel Macron finally chose to keep Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, the Elysée announced on Monday July 17.
Confirmed, the Prime Minister is responsible for leading a reshuffle of the government in the days to come. His entourage talks about “adjustments” that will be offered “this week”. According to our information, Ms. Borne began on Monday to contact certain ministers to tell them whether or not they would remain in government.
The President of the Republic will speak “by the end of the week” to recall “the clear course which is his”, specified the Elysée to the World. “The 100-day goal has been met and calm has returned. July 14 was a success. The programming law for justice will be put to the vote this Tuesday evening in the National Assembly after the final vote on the military programming law. The country is moving forward. The executive must work and prepare for the start of the school year, ”explained the Presidency of the Republic.
The Head of State, traveling until Tuesday in Brussels, thus offers a first perspective on the outcome he intends to give to his “hundred days”, decreed on April 17 in order to find an outlet for the crisis of the retreats.
Resilient and without real competition
Prime Minister on borrowed time, Elisabeth Borne has already survived failed legislative elections more than a year ago, then the 49.3 used to pass the highly contested pension reform in the spring, and multiple disagreements with the President of the Republic. . But, resilient, without competition capable of really changing the game, it finally managed to anchor itself.
She thus assured the Parisian on July 8 that she had “delivered” the president’s “hundred days” roadmap on work, the republican order, ecological transition and public health and education services. While agreeing in the process, with the unions and the employers, of a new social agenda which projects it in the fall on its content.
Earlier in the day, Ms. Borne had appointed a new chief of staff in the person of Jean-Denis Combrexelle, a specialist in the labor code who held an equivalent position with the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti. He replaces Aurélien Rousseau, who should have left office on July 1.
“For nothing to change, nothing must change. The maintenance of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon reflects the dramatic disconnection of the President of the Republic who has lost all contact with the people and condemns the country to impotence and immobility”, reacted on Twitter the leader of the deputies. National Rally, Marine Le Pen.
