Expected at the turn by the oppositions, Jean Castex, appointed Prime Minister after the second round of the municipal elections, traces to the National Assembly, Wednesday July 15, the roadmap of the government for the coming months, against the background of health and economic crisis .

The day after Emmanuel Macron's intervention, Jean Castex will specify the intentions of the executive, "both on the method and the content", according to government spokesman Gabriel Attal. His declaration of general policy will start at 3 p.m. and will be followed by a debate lasting two and a half hours, then by a vote.

"It's a meeting with yourself, you have to feel the country, both to be in line with the guidelines of the head of state and then to be aware that you have to do specific and concrete things because "we have 600 days" by the end of the five-year term, the Prime Minister told Le Figaro.

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