Jacques Serais / Photo credits: LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP 07:53, February 7, 2024, modified at 07:53, February 7, 2024
First expected on Tuesday, the second wave of ministerial reshuffle should take place this Wednesday, with around fifteen new delegate ministers and secretaries of state. As usual, Emmanuel Macron procrastinates, consults and weighs the pros and cons.
It's dragging, it's dragging... The second wave of appointments in the Attal government is still awaited. It was supposed to take place on Tuesday and it should finally be this Wednesday. Why is it taking so long?
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Objective: find a balance
As usual, Emmanuel Macron procrastinates, consults, weighs the pros and cons. And as with every reshuffle, it is a question for the head of state to find a balance. A political balance by appointing delegate ministers and secretaries of state from the different components of the majority, such as the MoDem and Horizons. A geographical balance to make up for a very Parisian first wave and a balance also in terms of parity, as many women as men.
Bayrou is in the running
And this last point causes a lot of concern for the President, particularly in the reflection around the replacement or not of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra in Education. François Bayrou, cleared two days ago by the courts, is in the running. “His relaxation changes everything!”, explains an advisor to the Élysée. But the mayor of Pau could just as easily land in the Armed Forces, in the event that Sébastien Lecornu inherits Education.
The Renaissance deputy Guillaume Kasbarian is considered for Housing. Finally, the arrival of a new right-wing personality is not excluded. After Rachida Dati, senator LR Agnès Evren could enter the government.