Alexandre Chauveau 6:13 a.m., May 17, 2022, modified at 6:15 a.m., May 17, 2022

Elisabeth Borne was appointed Prime Minister on Monday and succeeds Jean Castex at Matignon.

The 61-year-old polytechnician, former CEO of RATP and three-time minister under Emmanuel Macron, is the second woman to join Matignon, 31 years after Edith Cresson.

The Head of State has chosen above all a very technical profile.

Like her predecessor Jean Castex, Elisabeth Borne was chosen for her loyalty and her knowledge of the files.

Where her predecessor came from the right, she comes from the left.

The new tenant of Matignon was first an adviser to Lionel Jospin then to Jack Lang in the 1990s, before becoming director of cabinet to Ségolène Royal at the Ministry of Ecology.

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Her name has circulated a lot since the re-election of Emmanuel Macron and has finally imposed itself, because corresponding to the profile desired by the Head of State, namely a woman, "attached to the social, environmental and productive question."

The president hesitated until last weekend between her and Catherine Vautrin, president of Grand Reims and former spokesperson for Nicolas Sarkozy in 2016.

Nicknamed "Born out" at the RATP

Elisabeth Borne was successively Minister of Transport, Ecological Transition and Labor and notably led two difficult reforms: that of the SNCF in 2018 and unemployment insurance in 2021. "She is a woman who masters all her files “, assures those around him, and who can sometimes be harsh in human relationships.

His intransigence earned him the nickname "Borne out" at the RATP.

Since Monday, Elisabeth Borne has officially become majority leader.

As such, she will have to lead the legislative battle, then the ecological planning desired by Emmanuel Macron, as well as the pension reform, all in an explosive social climate.

So many challenges for the one who has never been elected and who suffers from a lack of notoriety.

A technical profile that Emmanuel Macron likes, who thus reserves the conduct of political files for this new five-year term.