Europe 1 with AFP 13:53 p.m., March 22, 2023

After a long silence, the President of the Republic gave this Wednesday an interview to the news of TF1 and France 2. He assured Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne of his full confidence and called on her to "enlarge the majority."

Emmanuel Macron assured Wednesday Elisabeth Borne of his confidence and called on her to "build a government program" and "expand the majority", considering that there was "no alternative majority" during an interview on TF1 and France 2.

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"She has my confidence to lead this government team," he stressed, adding that he had asked him "to build a legislative program, a government program (...) to have both fewer laws, shorter, clearer texts, to also change things for our compatriots in a more tangible way".

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