PRIME MINISTER MACRON. Emmanuel Macron will, in the coming days, reveal the name of his new Prime Minister. Who will replace Jean Castex?
Presidential results near you
[Mis à jour le 26 avril 2022 à 19h14] The Head of State was elected by the French. But who will work for the proper application of its policy? This is what Emmanuel Macron is thinking about these days, he who must soon appoint a new Prime Minister at the head of a new government. The President of the Republic would have several leads according to many indiscretions, but he has walled himself in silence, entered into “oyster” mode since his departure from the Champ-de-Mars after his re-election, Sunday April 24, as some joke. . And the white smoke will not be for now. Thursday, April 28, in the morning, a final council of ministers will take place at the Elysée, as if nothing had happened. Or almost. When the next one meets, new faces will take their places around the table, starting with that of the Prime Minister. Because Jean Castex, after having submitted, as announced, his resignation as well as that of his government (this should take place at the end of the week or the beginning of next week), will not be renewed at Matignon. A new figure will be appointed by Emmanuel Macron. Does he already have it in mind? Only he knows.
The profile of the future Prime Minister will probably have to meet several criteria: first of all, that of having a social fiber to carry the major reforms to come which will lead to a challenge, starting with the pension reform, which will not go through negotiations with the social partners; then that of having an ecological fiber, Emmanuel Macron having announced prerogatives in this direction for the future resident of Matignon; potentially that of being marked on the left in the continuity of the process of seducing this fringe of politics after a first mandate marked by two heads of government from the Republicans; finally, that of possibly being a woman, a strong marker that Emmanuel Macron would seek. A complex equation that the President of the Republic must resolve, at the latest, before May 13.
Elisabeth Borne at Matignon 31 years after Edith Cresson?
And if the position was occupied by a woman? The hypothesis does not seem absurd. 31 years after Edith Cresson, Emmanuel Macron could appoint a female profile as Prime Minister. The name of a policy resonates particularly lately in the mysteries of power: that ofElisabeth Borne. A profile that could correspond to the various criteria that seem to be required for this Macron 2 chapter: a personality capable, in particular, of carrying the perilous pension reform, of implementing ecological planning – the Prime Minister will be “directly responsible” for this. announced Emmanuel Macron during the campaign between two rounds but also to be from the left when it is this political flank that the head of state is flirting with in order to be re-elected. The current Minister of Labor seems to correspond to these prerequisites, she who already holds the portfolio linked to the main reform desired by the president-candidate, after having passed through the Ecological Transition and the direction of the cabinet of Ségolène Royal when she was Minister of Ecology, especially since she is presented as a former close to the Socialist Party.
Julien Denormandie, a Macron faithful appointed Prime Minister?
According to several indiscretions coming back with insistence, Julien Denormandie could be Emmanuel Macron’s next prime minister. The current Minister of Agriculture is one of the closest to the President of the Republic. At 41, this engineer is one of the Walkers of the first hour. In 2016, when he was deputy chief of staff to the Minister of the Economy Emmanuel Macron, he participated in the founding of En Marche, occupying the post of deputy secretary general. Since then, he has been in (almost) every government, except for Philippe I, who was in turn appointed Secretary of State to the Minister for Territorial Cohesion, then Minister for Towns and Housing, before taking the portfolio of Farming since summer 2020.
A time mentioned to lead Emmanuel Macron’s 2022 campaign, he finally remained at the ministry to manage the impact of the war in Ukraine on agriculture. However, not enough to slow down the ascent of the quadra. “Choosing him sends no more signal to the left than to the right. At best he is seen as a historic Macronist. At worst, he is not seen at all because he is not known and this is undoubtedly what pleases Macron”, had commented an adviser to the president with Paris Match. And if it is not for the first post-reelection government, “Macron will finish his second term with Julien at Matignon”, had launched this same regular of the palace.
Pascal Canfin, the unknown “green bond” propelled Prime Minister?
Could Emmanuel Macron pick his future Prime Minister from one of his MEPs? The possibility does not seem ruled out because the President of the Republic would have a profile, in Strasbourg, which could correspond to his research. Her name : Pascal Canfin. Aged 47, this Pas-de-Calaisien by birth, this trained journalist joined the Greens (ex-EELV) in the early 2000s to the point of being elected MEP in 2009 under this label. He then worked on economic issues, organized crime, corruption and money laundering. Appointed Minister Delegate for Development in 2012 by François Hollande, one of the two EELV guarantors of the Ayrault government, he said the following year that the ecotax, which had triggered the “Red Caps” movement, was going to be applied. She was finally suspended by Ségolène Royal a year later.
Party of the government, Pascal Canfin becomes a Member of the European Parliament again and joins the World Resources Institute, a group of experts among the most influential in the world on the environment and participates in the Paris Conference of 2015. In 2016, the quadra becomes director general of WWF France, position held for three years. In 2018, Emmanuel Macron appointed him a member of the High Council for the Climate, an organization presented as independent to provide expertise on the measures implemented. He retired a year later to embark on the reconquest of a seat as an MEP, which he won, this time under the LREM label. In Brussels, he chairs the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.
Discreet, non-issue of the current government, connoisseur of ecological issues… And if the position seemed to be cut for him? “I deal today with the Green deal, the ecological transition for 450 million Europeans, the vast majority of solutions to the fight against climate change go through Europe, I think I am served today. today, I have a lot of things to do, I think I have an impact which is very significant, modestly”, he evacuated on France info April 26. Before adding: “It’s been 30 years since we had a female Prime Minister, I think the priority is to have a Prime Minister.”
The improbable rumor Arnaud Montebourg Prime Minister
Arnaud Montebourg Prime Minister? This is the rumor that was massively commented on social networks Monday, April 25, 2022. In question, an article published by the site Undertake and titled: “Arnaud Montebourg favorite for the post of Prime Minister”. An unexpected assertion as the former Minister of the Economy and Productive Recovery under François Hollande does not seem to be in the odor of sanctity with the President of the Republic. But the article from the media owned by the Lafont presse group was not relayed, for lack of a source in particular, but also because the press title does not enjoy a good popularity rating, presented as a “serial-copier”. , “buccaneer” according to a survey by the World published in 2015. In May 2020, in full confinement, Entreprendre announced the departure of Didier Raoult for Peking University, while the latter never left Marseille. Macron’s Montebourg Prime Minister hypothesis is all the more improbable as the main interested party has entered into discussions with Jean-Luc Mélenchon with a view to the legislative elections, announce Le Figaro and BFM-TV. Unless he accesses Matignon as part of a cohabitation?
What are the other rumors for the new Prime Minister?
However, nothing is definitively recorded and Emmanuel Macron will not announce the name of the Prime Minister immediately. Other names have circulated, such as that of Sebastien LecornuMinister of Overseas, also loyal to the outgoing President, or even that ofAlexis Kohler, the current secretary general of the Elysée. But his divisive personality could deprive him of a ministerial promotion. Moreover, the assumption Christine Lagarde was mentioned. But the current boss of the European Central Bank, ex-Minister of the Economy of Nicolas Sarkozy, should not leave her post for Matignon. The rumor Bruno the Mayor also circulates, without great thickness however, no more than that of Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizetex-Secretary of State and Minister of Ecology under Sarkozy.
A Prime Minister in charge of ecological planning
After a five-year term led by Prime Ministers from the right, the Head of State seeks to rally on the left, an electorate thanks to which he was re-elected President of the Republic, himself being aware of it. It is in this sense that, during his meeting between the two rounds in Marseille, he had announced new prerogatives for the resident of Matignon to widen his electoral base: that of “ecological planning”, a theme dear to Jean-Luc Mélenchon that Emmanuel Macron has taken over. Emmanuel Macron has indeed promised a Prime Minister “directly in charge of ecological planning” and “supported by two strong ministers”, responsible respectively for “energy planning” and “territorial ecological planning”. So, who to take on this role?