This resignation of the Prime Minister comes following the second round of the legislative elections in France. The presidential party no longer has an absolute majority in the National Assembly. This departure was refused by the French president who wants Elisabeth Borne to stay on task to carry out government policy.
Elisabeth Borne offered her resignation to the President of the Republic, who refused it. so that the government can stay on task and act in these days “. It is, in fact, traditional for the head of government to propose his resignation after the legislative elections. And the disappointing results for the presidential majority of June 19 suggest that changes will indeed take place.
The entire government is expected at Matignon in the early afternoon of June 21. Ministers Amélie de Montchalin (Ecological Transition), Brigitte Bourguignon (Health) and Justine Benin (Sea), all three beaten in the second round should resign.
In the entourage of the Prime Minister, it is said that she pleaded ” to stay in order to have the tools to deal with the situation and the emergencies of the French “, with in particular many decrees to be taken in the days to come, “ including the revaluation of the index point, the second phase of Parcoursup “.
The Head of State, for his part, will conduct the necessary political consultations by receiving party leaders likely to have a group in the National Assembly. In a press release, the Élysée recalled that it belonged to the president ” in order to identify possible constructive solutions at the service of the French », proof that everything is still possible.
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