Wednesday morning, the newly formed government of Jean Castex, as well as the Prime Minister himself, were before the deputies to the National Assembly for a first session of topical questions. In a constant hubbub, the ministers fought the opposition foot by foot.

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Opposition deputies had promised it: they would not "give gifts" to the new government this Wednesday morning, for the first topical questions (QAG) of the newly formed team. Gifts, there were indeed none during this eventful session. The members of the government tried to be heard and the LREM president of the Assembly, Richard Ferrand, to maintain order, but a constant hubbub disturbed the responses. Opposite, the majority responded with long applause.

"It's already complicated for me, it's a first"

"I would first like to tell you all the emotion and all the honor that I feel, speaking today for the first time before you," began Jean Castex, the Prime Minister, before the first hoots. Without being destabilized, the new tenant of Matignon imposed his style, especially oral, detaching each word and not being afraid to repeat his sentences. This inspired Jean-Luc Mélenchon to make a small perfidious comment on social networks: "With Castex, trees grow between words. What a bore!"

With #Castex trees grow between words. That's so boring ! Rain of truisms, hurricane of banalities. Liberalism with lukewarm water. #DirectAN

- Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) July 8, 2020

Not surprisingly, the new Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, was also heckled for his first speech. "It's already complicated for me, it's a first," replied the man who is more used to courtrooms than to hemicycles. "Do we count the interruptions? [Speaking time, which is 2 minutes, note]" Amused answer from Richard Ferrand: "No, we don't count, we suffer in silence." The fact remains that Eric Dupond-Moretti's time was much longer to allow him to go to the end.