A month and a half after the appointment of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his government. The head of state found himself forced to change his team after the setback of the elections...

Reshuffle in France: those who leave and those who enter the government

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, June 21, 2022. REUTERS - POOL

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A month and a half after the appointment of Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his government.

The Head of State found himself forced to change his team after the setback of the legislative elections.

New entrants, returns and a great game of musical chairs.

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The Élysée announced the new government in a press release on Monday morning.

Among the newcomers, the emergency doctor François Braun, president of the Samu, replaces Brigitte Bourguignon in Health.

Caroline Cayeux, various right-wing mayor of Beauvais, will take care of the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion.

Olivier Klein, left-wing mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois, becomes Minister of Housing.

Laurence Boone, economist at the OECD, becomes Minister for European Affairs.

Prefect Jean-François Carenco has been appointed Minister of Overseas Territories to replace Yaël Braun-Pivet, who has since been elected President of the National Assembly.

The elected representative of New Caledonia Sonia Backès will be in charge of Citizenship.

Christophe Béchu replaces Amélie de Montchalin at Ecological Transition

Ghosts, there are a lot of them.

The Modems Geneviève Darrieussec and Sarah El Hairy are back: the first will be in charge of Autonomy, the second finds the Secretary of State for Youth.

Marlène Schiappa returns to the government, in charge of the Social and Solidarity Economy and Associative Life.

The former Minister Delegate for Citizenship had just published a book entitled

It's a good situation, that, minister?.

For musical chairs, Olivier Véran becomes government spokesperson in place of Olivia Grégoire, who finds Bercy for the Ministry of SMEs.

Franck Riester will be responsible for relations with Parliament.

Clément Beaune recovers the Transports.

And the former Minister of Territorial Communities, Christophe Béchu, is rising in rank: he will be appointed to the Ecological Transition to replace Amélie de Montchalin, beaten in the legislative elections.

Damien Abad leaves the government

Also to remember: Damien Abad leaves the government, he is under investigation for attempted rape.

It is Jean-Christophe Combe, the director general of the French Red Cross who replaces him at the Ministry of Solidarity.

On the other hand, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State attached to the Minister of Foreign Affairs in charge of Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, remains in government despite accusations of rape allegedly perpetrated during the exercise of her profession as gynecologist.

Transfers of power will follow.

The “Borne 2” government is convened at 4 p.m. at the Elysée for the Council of Ministers.

After this reshuffle, the general policy speech that Elisabeth Borne will deliver on Wednesday should make it possible to close what seemed like a long period of uncertainty for the executive, since the re-election of Emmanuel Macron on April 24, nearly two and a half months.

Reshuffle in France: those who leave and those who enter the government

Reshuffle in France: those who leave and those who enter the government

Christophe Béchu replaces Amélie de Montchalin at Ecological Transition

Damien Abad leaves the government

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