While he promised to govern according to a “new method”, Emmanuel Macron named a government far from the “disruption” of his previous five -year term, except on an important portfolio: national education.
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Emmanuel Macron had promised him on the evening of his victory on April 24. His new mandate would not be “the continuity” of the previous one. First president of the republic re -elected outside the period of cohabitation since 1965, he had committed to moving away “from the rites and worn choreographies” to govern according to a “new method”. Almost a month after his election, at the time of announcing the formation of a new government supposed to embody what he describes as “new mandate” as a “new president” for a “new people”, the Head of State, however, favored continuity to change, the “talents” experienced with disruptive figures, the vertigo security of the unknown.
Bruno Le Maire (maintained in the economy), Gérald Darmanin (inside), Eric Dupond-Moretti (to justice) … The new team formed with the Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, ex-minister of the first Quinquennat and announced, Friday, May 20, by the secretary general of the Elysée, Alexis Kolher, in place since 2017, is made up of twenty-seven ministers and secretaries of state, more than half of which were already members of the previous government. Enough to give the feeling of a set of musical chairs that we thought was devoted to the “world before”. The main figures, the historian Pap Ndiaye propelled Minister of Education apart, are professionals in politics, where 2017 had brought up abundance of personalities from civil society. A sign of the emergence of a “macron generation”, we assert in the entourage of the head of state.
“It is a joint government, it is important. (…) There is a balance between some which were already ministers and new figures. Personalities who come from the left, the center, the right ( …) But who share the desire to implement the program for which Emmanuel Macron has been re -elected, “defended Elisabeth Borne on the TF1 television news, Friday.
But what signal does the new team send to this France that is said to be fractured? What message is sent to voters who will vote for the legislative election of June 12 and 19? “None”, estimates, Lapidaire, the director general of the IFOP survey institute, Frédéric Dabi. “Neither daring nor renewal. All dull and gray,” attacked Jean-Luc Melenchon, leader of the new ecological and social popular union.
“We will judge on pieces”
To take up the challenge of climate emergency, the executive couple has chosen to call on a liberal, Amélie de Montchalin, former Minister of the Public Service now responsible for the ecological transition and the cohesion of the territories, and to A pragmatic, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, former Minister of Industry, now responsible for the energy transition. Both will be ministers of full exercise and will work with the tenant of Matignon now responsible for ecological planning. “What is worrying is that both are considered to be the faithful of Emmanuel Macron and what has been done so far, during a five -year term lost for the climate. We will judge on pieces,” said Jean-François Julliard, director of the NGO Greenpeace France.
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