SPOKESPERSON. Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy, Olivia Grégoire should succeed Gabriel Attal as government spokesperson according to BFMTV and LCI. The information must be confirmed with the government’s announcement this afternoon.
[Mis à jour le 20 mai 2022 à 14h42] It could become the government’s voice in the media. These are, moreover, two redactions, that of LCI and of BFM TV, which present Olivia Grégoire as the future government spokesperson, even before the official announcement of the new ministerial team. The current Secretary of State in charge of the Social, Solidarity and Responsible Economy with Bercy will take the lead by approaching the Prime Minister’s Office and appearing in one of the most exposed positions in the government. If, in accordance with media information, this Friday, May 20, 2022, the secretary general of the Elysée Palace Alexis Kohler, states his name for the spokesperson, Olivia Grégoire will take over from Gabriel Attal who played the role of centralizer of the information, a connoisseur of all ministerial files and, above all, a lightning rod for daily life for two years without a hitch. It is at the highest level of national politics that the 43-year-old woman will exercise the function of spokesperson, an exercise in which she is already experienced having been spokesperson for the group of La République en Marche in the National Assembly when she was a deputy, between 2017 and 2020.
What missions for Olivia Grégoire, future government spokesperson?
The function of spokesperson is essential in the government machine. According to the official texts determining the attributions of this Secretary of State, placed under the responsibility of the Prime Minister, “is responsible for reporting on the work of the Council of Ministers and, more generally, for carrying out a mission of information on the activities of the Government. It is informed, for the exercise of its powers, of the various actions carried out by the members of the Government.” Since July 2020, almost two years, Gabriel Attal has held this position. Benjamin of the government team, the former Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education has managed to make his place, enjoying oral fluency and not hesitating to go in front of the cameras to defend the action of the President of the Republic and his ministers, he who was particularly exposed with the management of the health crisis. At 33, he should not be reappointed, and there is a good chance that Olivia Grégoire will be appointed to take over. Inevitably compared to her predecessor, she will have to show confidence and an irreproachable expression, or almost, to be the voice of the executive.
Does Olivia Grégoire have any competitors to become government spokesperson?
If it is not one of the positions on which the rumors linger the most, the function of spokesperson for the government has nevertheless been the subject of speculation. The announcement being imminent, one name seems to hold the rope in particular: that ofOlivia Gregoireclaim BFM TV and LCI. The current Secretary of State in charge of the Social, Solidarity and Responsible Economy should be promoted to spokesperson. For the quadra who cut her teeth in politics with Alain Madelin, then Jean-Pierre Raffarin (2002-2005) and Xavier Bertrand (2005-2007), at Matignon then at the Ministry of Health, this function does not is not new, she who is already spokesperson for the LREM group in the Assembly and was responsible for the communication of the presidential party for the Municipalities in Paris. If his appointment no longer seems to be in doubt, other hypotheses had been put forward, such as that of Sebastien LecornuMinister for Overseas France, or Amelie de MontchalinMinister of Transformation and Public Service of France.