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Emmanuel Macron will he regain control after the defeat of the municipal elections? The President of the Republic and his new Prime Minister Jean Castex are to unveil on Monday the composition of the new government, which the head of state wants "mission and assembly". According to people close to the Elysee Palace, the announcement should be made "in two stages", first the ministers, then the Secretaries of State. Follow the situation live.
The main information to remember
- Jean Castex's first government to be released on Monday, at least in part
- Emmanuel Macron wants a "mission" government
- President to Speak on National Day July 14
How will this government be composed?
According to the Elysee Palace, this government should have "around twenty ministers and deputy ministers". The team led by Édouard Philippe included 16 ministers, three deputy ministers and 17 secretaries of state. According to a close friend of Emmanuel Macron, the announcement should also be made "in two stages", first the ministers, then the Secretaries of State. The president's entourage also assured that there would be "new talents" and "personalities from different backgrounds".
Will this new government team be, as rumors have been saying for several days, tightened around major main poles? In the columns of the Sunday Journal , Jean Castex said "not being sure that too large perimeters are necessarily the guarantee of greater efficiency".
Negotiations all weekend
Consultations were linked all weekend, and Sunday evening, the final list was not yet finalized, Emmanuel Macron and his Prime Minister making the final adjustments. Between the two men, the exchanges were "fluid", suggests those around the new head of government. It must be said that nothing is simple, we must respect the challenge of parity, and certain ministers are reluctant to change their perimeter. During the weekend, Jean Castex also multiplied the interviews, and received several ministers, such as Jean-Michel Blanquer or Gérald Darmanin.
Was Ségolène Royal one of the people contacted? Sunday, the ex-minister and presidential candidate affirmed to have been contacted by the minister Jean-Yves Le Drian for a possible entry in the government. Earlier in the day, on BFM-TV, she first mentioned a call on Saturday from "someone close to the president", which was denied by a source close to Emmanuel Macron.
Socialist deputy boss Valérie Rabault, also contacted, said that "the answer is no" because "poaching is not a policy". And if socialists entered the government, "they would register outside the party", she warned on Radio J. Chez Les Républicains, Vice President Gilles Platret also called to say "no" to any proposal , for "not to deny yourself".
Macron wants a "mission" government
Sunday, on Twitter, Emmanuel Macron said he wanted a government "of mission and assembly" to carry his policy which must "adapt to international upheavals and crises". For the coming months, he places in his priorities "reviving the economy, continuing to rebuild our social protection and the environment, reestablishing a just republican order" or "defending European sovereignty".
Reviving the economy, continuing to overhaul our social protection and the environment, re-establishing a just republican order, defending European sovereignty: these are our priorities for the months to come.
- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) July 5, 2020The president will speak on the national holiday on July 14, "probably as part of an interview on television," said his entourage, reviving a presidential tradition he had suppressed. He intends to specify the broad outlines of his policy, two years before the presidential election in 2022. And it is only after this speech, that the Prime Minister will deliver his declaration of general policy, where he will engage the responsibility of his government before the parliament.