The second woman to have been Prime Minister submitted her resignation to the President of the Republic who accepted it, the Elysée announced late Monday. After receiving her for almost an hour, Emmanuel Macron thanked her on
Information to remember
⇒ The name of the new tenant of Matignon must be announced this morning
⇒ Attal in pole position
⇒ LFI is already threatening the next government with censorship
A successor announced Tuesday morning
Initially hoped in the wake of Borne’s resignation, the name of his successor will finally be announced late Tuesday morning, the head of state’s entourage indicated Monday evening. Already, the favorite names are emerging.
In the president’s entourage, many give Gabriel Attal, the favorite Minister of Education. Also mentioned: Julien Denormandie, former Minister of Housing then Agriculture, or even Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces at only 37 years old, after having served in Overseas Territories and Communities.
Attal in pole position to succeed him at Matignon
According to multiple sources close to the Elysée, one of the favorites for the position would be Gabriel Attal, the current Minister of National Education. At 34, he would be the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic, beating the record of the socialist Laurent Fabius, appointed at 37 in 1984. If his youth and his recent appointment to National Education, where he arrived in July and launched vast projects to be brought to fruition, were invoked in recent days by several advisors to minimize the hypothesis of an appointment of the thirty-year-old, the same arguments today justify his possible promotion.
“Youth, public opinion and the real or supposed capacity to lead the European government campaign made the difference,” the source close to the executive believes, referring to the June election for which the presidential camp is today left behind in the polls by the National Rally. He “embodies a momentum, a dynamic, a boldness that we surely need,” summarizes a majority executive.
LFI threatens the next government with a motion of censure
Through MP Mathilde Panot, France Insoumise threatened the next government with a motion of censure on Monday evening. “Borne resigned, leaving behind 23 49.3 and a badly damaged democracy. No matter who the monarch replaces her with, we demand a vote of confidence in Parliament,” wrote the president of the LFI group to the National Assembly on X. And added: “Without this vote of confidence, we will table a motion of censure.”
A Prime Minister praised by her government
“Serving alongside Élisabeth Borne was demanding and always in line with the interest of the State,” wrote Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, on worry about his popularity.
The Minister of Justice, Éric Dupond-Moretti, indicated that he was “honored to have worked alongside you, dear Élisabeth Borne, to strengthen our Justice as it had never been before.”
The Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau greeted Élisabeth Borne on
Elisabeth Borne’s resignation letter to a tune by Rocard
In her resignation letter, consulted by AFP, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne considered that it was “more necessary than ever to continue reforms”. “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. “, she wrote, noting the “will” of the Head of State to “appoint a new prime minister”.
The wording suggests that she would not have been against continuing the adventure at Matignon. But above all it is borrowed from Michel Rocard, like her, resigned against her will in 1991.