"She will not get out of it": in private, Elisabeth Borne dropped by several ministers

Arthur de Laborde, edited by Gauthier Delomez 06h34, 03 April 2023

On the evening of the tenth day of demonstration against the pension reform, Elisabeth Borne, already politically weakened, invited the unions to come to Matignon to try to solve the pension crisis. This meeting is to take place this Wednesday, but if the head of government is in the front line, in private, some tongues loosen to criticize the tenant of Matignon, who is not considered up to the situation. In reality, behind the scenes, there is an internal battle between ministers.

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There are those who, in the absence of another indisputable figure, support the head of government, considering that she embodies political overcoming, and then opposite, those who plead for a right-wing, and who want to see her go. "The leftist" is the nickname given to Elisabeth Borne by a regal minister in a joking tone.

"Stories of balanced budgets are not in his DNA"

"The step is too high, it will not get out of it," predicts a heavyweight of the government who believes that Emmanuel Macron "will wear it to the end before getting rid of it". Another influential minister believes that the President of the Republic was mistaken in entrusting Elisabeth Borne with the mission of carrying out the pension reform.

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"The stories of balanced budgets are not in his DNA," he said, before regretting more broadly the accumulation of errors that, according to him, led to this impasse. "We had a bad presidential campaign. Then, a bad campaign for the legislative elections, and we are now paying for a total democratic disorganization," concludes this leading minister.