• Elisabeth Borne was criticized even in her own ranks after the slap in the legislative elections last June.

  • The Prime Minister has taken her first steps in the National Assembly in recent days in the face of a very restless opposition.

  • By responding to the attacks of its opponents, the old technology has reassured its majority.

Faced with thunderous opposition, he was promised hell.

Elisabeth Borne has therefore taken her first steps in the lion's den of the National Assembly since her appointment to Matignon.

A general policy speech last week, a motion of censure this Monday, and Questions to the government on Tuesday.

Each time, the Prime Minister was not spared by her adversaries.

But the former Minister of Labour, sometimes considered “too techno” even in her own ranks, has shown that she has the backing.

And reassured his troops.

“I was convinced that she was very political, we had the demonstration of it”

“I'm often given the image of someone quite techno and a bit austere.

But it's easy… I'm not afraid of the fight, the harshness of the political environment does not impress me, ”confided the interested party shortly before her appointment.

The good pupil of Macronie thus had the opportunity to go into practice.

At the microphone of the Assembly, she tried to sweep away doubts about her ability to manage the upheavals of the Hemicycle.

After drawing up her roadmap last week, Elisabeth Borne unleashed her blows on Monday against Mathilde Panot and her rebellious colleagues, who had just portrayed her as a "democratic anomaly".

The head of government even sometimes seemed to have fun with the arrows she was shooting.

“I had warned that those who were malicious against her and hoped to see her stumble would be at their expense.

Everyone could see that she did not let herself be done.

I was convinced that it was very political, we had the demonstration of it, ”smiles Saché Houlié, Renaissance deputy (ex-LREM) for Vienne and president of the Law Commission.

The next day, at the QAG, Elisabeth Borne crossed swords with Marine Le Pen.

Less comfortable, her nose glued to her files, she nevertheless thwarted the trap set by the ex-boss of the National Rally, who had just welcomed the proposal of her Minister of the Interior on the expulsion of delinquent foreigners .

The head of government dodged the question, preferring to attack her opponent on the values ​​of the Republic.

“She answered on the side, but who cares.

The RN is not our cam.

They are the opposite of what we are, Elisabeth Borne was right to repeat it, ”welcomes Erwan Balanant, deputy of the Modem of Finistère.

The majority reassured

A little later in the evening, Tuesday, Elisabeth Borne gathered the deputies and senators of the majority in Matignon.

A meeting to set the course and close ranks a little further, after the doubts of the last few weeks.

“She has intuition and firmness, she can surprise everyone.

Some sued her before they even saw how she was going to manage.

It was neither honest nor elegant, blows François Patriat.

At the start of Jean Castex, many were also skeptical, saying “oh la la, it’s not Edouard Philippe”… The same people regret it today”, ironically the boss of the Macronist senators.

Because after the slap of the legislative elections, Elisabeth Borne found herself in the hot seat.

The moment chosen by François Bayrou, the boss of the MoDem, to call on the president to appoint a more "political" Prime Minister.

“She received criticism of thinly veiled sexism.

And if I had no doubt that she would succeed in convincing, I am surprised by the speed with which she rose through the ranks, ”confides a minister.

Within the opposition too, some recognize its successful beginnings.

“I am not surprised, assures a socialist senator.

It's a real policy, it has reformed unemployment insurance and vocational training.

Few people have made two such important reforms without being swept away.

She was able to resist”.

Still, it is not on her ease at the microphone that Elisabeth Borne will be judged, but on her ability to pass texts in the Assembly, where the government is deprived of an absolute majority.

And Elisabeth Borne and her ministers have already suffered a major setback on the health bill.

On the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, the oppositions managed to blow up a key article on the return of a health pass for entries into France.

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