Europe 1 with AFP // Photo credit: XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA At 3:45 p.m., February 9, 2024
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will bring together his government, now made up of 35 members, on Saturday morning in Matignon. A meeting to define “the priorities for the coming months, the calendar and the method”. Several urgent issues are on the table of the head of government, such as the agricultural crisis, education, health.
Gabriel Attal will bring together his entire government, now complete, on Saturday morning in Matignon to define the “priorities for the coming months”, his services announced on Friday. This is a “working seminar” organized from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. which will focus “on the priorities of the coming months, the calendar and the method”, specified Matignon.
"Continue to work"
Emmanuel Macron made the final appointments of ministers and secretaries of state on Thursday to complete a first team appointed on January 11. The government now has 35 members, including Gabriel Attal. Asked Thursday evening on France 2 about his priorities for the first 100 days, Gabriel Attal affirmed that he was going to "continue to work" on the agricultural crisis, in the run-up to the Agricultural Show, while a law of guidance is in preparation.
He also mentioned youth, hoping "in the spring" the publication of a "guide of good practices" on the use of screens for families as well as "decisions" for schools. He reiterated that he wanted to make the “mental health” of young people a “big priority” and that he was going to “review” the psychological support system which does not “work”. The Prime Minister also cited housing, which is going through a deep crisis, wishing to “take strong measures to encourage more building” but also “to revive demand” by looking at “banking issues”.
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In terms of health, he promised an “access to care service” in all departments “by the summer”. “Act II” of labor market reform with an overhaul of unemployment compensation rules is also expected in the coming months. In terms of method, Gabriel Attal defends the idea of establishing a "lucid diagnosis" of the problem then "assuming to make decisions, even if they do not give pleasure".
He also intends to work "with everyone" in the National Assembly, where he only has a relative majority, including with groups to which he is "radically opposed", the National Rally and La France insoumise.