Jacques Serais 06h20, April 28, 2022

A council of ministers is being held this Thursday at the Élysée Palace.

Most likely the last for Jean Castex and his government.

All the ministers are meeting while Emmanuel Macron has already drawn the profile of his next prime minister, someone being "attached to the social question, the environmental question and the productive question".

Who are the favorites to succeed Jean Castex?

During his first trip to Cergy since his re-election, Emmanuel Macron assured that he would appoint to Matignon "someone attached to the social, ecological and productive question".

The Head of State believes that Jean Castex, who "came from the right", "led one of the most social policies of recent decades".

Who are the favorites to succeed him? 

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet regularly quoted

A name meets these three criteria set by Emmanuel Macron: that of Elisabeth Borne.

The current Minister of Labor has the profile of a woman on the left.

She successfully led the apprenticeship and unemployment insurance reforms.

And above all, it went through the Ministry of Ecology.

An asset for this former prefect while the president wants his next prime minister to be responsible for ecological planning.

Elisabeth Borne is therefore the favorite, but other names are circulating in macronie.

Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, is regularly quoted.  

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End of suspense early next week

Catherine Vautrin, Secretary of State and Minister under Jacques Chirac also.

But the head of state could also create a surprise.

In 2017, almost no one saw the appointment of Edouard Philippe at Matignon coming.

A name never mentioned before has appeared in recent hours.

That of Véronique Bédague.

Currently managing director of the Nexity real estate group, she was Manuel Valls' chief of staff at Matignon.

End of the suspense very probably at the beginning of next week.