For several days, the political future of France has been tentatively written, between rumors about the future Prime Minister, scrutiny of Matignon's luggage and timing of Emmanuel Macron's self-transfer of power.

At the end of the Council of Ministers this Wednesday, presented for the second time as possibly the last of the Castex government, the horizon has cleared a little.

"The Castex government will go to the end of Emmanuel Macron's first five-year term, which ends on midnight May 13," pledged spokesperson Gabriel Attal.

This declaration therefore rules out any appointment of a new team by this date, while speculation is rife about the candidates to replace Jean Castex at Matignon.

“The government is at work to act, to protect the French, to take all the necessary decisions, and the time for individual decisions and appointments has not come.

No proposal has been made to anyone in the matter,” said Gabriel Attal, quoting the words of the Head of State during the Council of Ministers.

The government occupied by the war in Ukraine and the Covid-19

Emmanuel Macron's investiture ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, does not kick off the second term, which does not start until May 14, he said.

For the moment, "the government is responsible for anticipating and preparing the texts on the president's commitments in the electoral campaign, such as the indexation of pensions to inflation from July" and "the development of renewable energies" to "reduce delays and simplify".

Before his ministers, the Head of State also recalled that "the Castex government is hard at work on various current issues", in particular the war in Ukraine and its consequences as well as the evolution of the Covid epidemic. -19.

The health situation, in "very marked improvement, will give rise to adaptations in the coming weeks" of the measures in force, added the Head of State without further details, according to Gabriel Attal.

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