French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Sunday, July 7, 2024, that he would present his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron on Monday morning after the legislative elections that put the left in the lead, but said he was ready to remain at Matignon. as long as duty requires “, in the context of the Olympic Games.
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This Sunday even thoughEmmanuel Macron announced waiting for the “ structuring ” of the new Assembly for ” make the necessary decisions » Gabriel Attal go for it: “ Faithful to the republican tradition and in accordance with my principles, I will submit my resignation to the President of the Republic tomorrow morning. ” But while ensuring that he could remain at the head of a resigning government during the 2024 Olympic Games. Also, “ I will of course continue to perform my duties for as long as duty requires. It cannot be otherwise on the eve of such important deadlines for our country. “.
A president who must have had his ears ringing, but without ever being mentioned by the Prime Minister, notes Charlotte Urien-Tomakafrom the RFI political service. And for Gabriel Attal, the center of gravity of political life will be less on the side of the Élysée. “ We will have to invent something new, something great, something useful. To do this, we will have to accept that we will question everything. Our political space will have to get to work to build a new political offer. Always and above all, think of the French people. We will refuse to rely on extremes. We will always seek to appease. »
And this Sunday evening, immediately after his speech, Gabriel Attal returned to his constituency in Hauts-de-Seine – where he was re-elected – with a final snub. I did not choose this dissolution and I refused to undergo it. “.
Six months at Matignon
The bitterness after the dissolution, on which he was not consulted, the ambitious Prime Minister had regained control of his camp’s campaignfrom which he avoided a rout: the outgoing majority came second with 158 deputies (against 250 in the outgoing Assembly), ahead of the National Rally with 143 deputies and behind the New Popular Front with 180 deputies. We have held and we are standing with three times more deputies than what some estimates gave at the beginning of this campaign. “, greeted the Prime Minister.
In almost six months at Matignon, Gabriel Attal has not even had time to plant a tree, as tradition dictates, nor to complete his files, but he has sown seeds for the future and in particular with a view to 2027. Appointed on January 9, 2024 as the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic, at the end of a spectacular rise, he arrives on rue de Varenne crowned with a more “ policy » and communicating than his predecessor Elisabeth Borne.
From the moment he took office, he imposed his mark: travelling often, communicating a lot. Too much according to some, attracting the wrath of the opposition who accused him of monopolizing the media and of “ to chatter “, Marine Le Pen mocking her “ authority ” who him ” fits like an apron on a cow ” Gabriel Attal assumes and continues to occupy the field, in the absence of an absolute majority in the National Assembly.
A graduate of Sciences Po, four times minister (Youth, spokesperson, Budget and Education), Gabriel Attal moved from socialism to Macronism, borrowing Sarkozy’s codes: he defends the ” middle classes » and the « France that gets up early “, advocates “ the authority ” at school, and wants to punish juvenile offenders more.
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