Has Emmanuel Macron already chosen his new Prime Minister?

Arthur Delaborde 7:25 a.m., May 3, 2022, modified at 7:26 a.m., May 3, 2022

Who will succeed Jean Castex as Prime Minister?

After several days of suspense, Emmanuel Macron should make his choice this week to have a new government.

The president assumes a "settlement phase" and takes his time to choose the future tenant of Matignon.

A risky strategy, because he needs order to be quickly brought back to the ranks of the majority.

A start to the five-year term marked by turbulence

Emmanuel Macron is convinced that he owes nothing to anyone and does what he wants.

Except that the reality of men and politics can remind him.

Because, despite his re-election, his second five-year term begins with turbulence.

If it held firm for five years, the presidential majority has never been so divided.

First, because the battle for nominations rages before the legislative elections.

The climate is increasingly tense, especially between the Republic in March and the Horizons party of Edouard Philippe.

But for the majority, the difficulties go well beyond the rivalry between the President and his former Prime Minister.

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Prepare as well as possible "after Macron"

Modem, Agir, Radical Party, Territories of Progress, Progressive Federation, In Common or even Republican Refoundation… All these formations hope to send a maximum of deputies to the Assembly, with also the idea of ​​​​preparing as well as possible “after Macron ".

Suffice to say that the great single party proposed by the Head of State on the evening of the first round was nipped in the bud.

And it is therefore the future Prime Minister who will have to silence the differences.