Since May 2022, Elisabeth Borne has distinguished herself above all by defending reforms rather marked on the right such as retirement at 64.

But this woman, from the left, former advisor to Lionel Jospin, ward of the Nation turned Polytechnician, also plays a different music, more marked social democrat.

To speak of early childhood "is to affirm that the fight against inequalities does not wait, that they must be treated from the first months of life," she said Thursday at the conclusion of a national council of refoundation (CNR).

Developing childcare arrangements "is a barrier to employment that is rising, especially for women. It is the assurance that everyone will be able to benefit from a childcare solution for their child, regardless of their income, regardless of where they live," she told the CNR, where two mothers with their babies stood in the front row.

Chirp

"We dream of having children like this, completely wise," she had previously launched in a nursery for professional integration, which allows people looking for work to have priority and benefit from very wide time slots.

Tweets that distance him for a time from the fierce battle engaged in the Assembly around a proposal to repeal the pension reform.

The stage in the Pays de la Loire, a region close to full employment that the government promises to the entire France, aims to turn the page on this conflict and present, in addition to the early childhood plan, the draft law France Work that reorganizes the public employment service, as part of the roadmap that Emmanuel Macron has entrusted to it by July 14.

"I have a roadmap and I stick to it," says Elisabeth Borne in Ouest-France, claiming to be reassured by the "confidence" renewed by the head of state.

It even relativizes the criticism he made at the height of the Council of Ministers towards him on the far right. And which have revived speculation about its future.

Expectation

Emmanuel Macron "said that if he had something to say to me, he would have done it face to face. Some, obviously, must have misunderstood," she said, referring to the remarks reported by the Council of Ministers, which would come from ministers dreaming of her departure, and rather from the right.

After narrowly escaping censorship, and being contradicted on 49.3 or the immigration law, Elisabeth Borne intends to maintain herself despite the difficulties.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne visits a nursery in Angers © on June 1, 2023 JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

Being Prime Minister "is the privilege of a political life. It is an opportunity to change things (...), to respond to the challenges of the present, while preparing for the future, "she said on May 17 just after blowing out her first candle in Matignon.

The duration of his lease on rue de Varenne, however, animates the conversations of the majority.

"I don't see how we can still hold on with Elisabeth Borne like that. There is a kind of general atmosphere where we know that there will be a reshuffle, we are too much waiting" and "suddenly we do not move forward," laments a Renaissance parliamentarian.

"The question that arises is +do we want to give a real political portage" to the projects of the government, wonders for his part an adviser to the executive.

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