It’s a long wait, which Emmanuel Macron likes to maintain with each reshuffle. Around 6 p.m. this Monday, January 8, Elisabeth Borne officially submitted her resignation to the President of the Republic, who accepted it. On (ex-Twitter), Emmanuel Macron thanked Borne “from all my heart” for his “exemplary” work in the “service of the Nation”.
Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne estimated Monday that it was “more necessary than ever to continue reforms”, in her resignation letter given to Emmanuel Macron and consulted by AFP. “While I must present the resignation of my government, I wanted to tell you how passionate I was about this mission, guided by the constant concern, which we share, to achieve rapid and tangible results for our fellow citizens. “, wrote Elisabeth Borne, noting the “will” of the Head of State to “appoint a new Prime Minister”.
Gabriel Attal favorite for Matignon
Emmanuel Macron must announce his new Prime Minister in the coming hours, while the name of the young Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal, 34, rose on Monday in the macronie’s forecasts to succeed Matignon. He should be responsible for forming the next government, said a person close to the executive.
Until then, everyone described a two-person race: Julien Denormandie, 43, a walker from the start and almost the shadow of the head of state for ten years; and Sébastien Lecornu, 37, current Minister of the Armed Forces from the right, who over the years has carved out a place for himself in the president’s circle of political advisors. If this appointment of Gabriel Attal were confirmed, it would be a more political profile, a majority leader capable of fighting a battle in view of the European elections in June.
Already announced as a starter on several occasions
As always, Emmanuel Macron will have cast doubt for many days. Change Prime Minister to try to instill a new dynamic? Keep Elisabeth Borne, who will have survived all the storms, motions of censure and speculation about her departure until now?
Announced on the sidelines after the failure in the legislative elections of 2022, then in the summer of 2023 when the prospect of a replacement by Gérald Darmanin returned in a very serious manner, Elisabeth Borne will ultimately have remained almost a year and a half at Matignon . His assessment will remain divided. Her ability to overcome more than 30 motions of censure and to pass several large-scale texts despite her relative majority in the National Assembly will have made her a loyal Prime Minister for Emmanuel Macron. Finally, with the immigration bill, where after the rejection motion voted against her Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, she will have regained control and succeeded in having a largely toughened text voted on by the Senate.
But she will also remain the Prime Minister who used article 49.3 23 times, notably for budgetary texts. But also and above all for pension reform, where the executive came within 9 votes of a motion of censure voted in the National Assembly, which would likely have led to a dissolution of its government.