Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne tendered the resignation of her government

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Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne estimated Monday that it was “ more necessary than ever to continue reforms », in his resignation letter given to Emmanuel Macron. “ 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 Élisabeth Borne, noting the “ will » from the head of state of “ appoint a new prime minister “.

In a message on the social network X (formerly called Twitter), Emmanuel Macron thanked the head of government “ With all my heart ” For his work ” copy ” At ” service of the Nation “.

Élisabeth Borne and her team will take care of day-to-day affairs until the appointment of the new government.

Around thirty motions of censure, 23 recourses to 49.3

The one who has been in all governments since 2017 believes in her resignation letter that it is “ more necessary than ever to continue reforms in order to give opportunity and perspectives to everyone within the Republic and to build a stronger and fairer France in a more sovereign Europe “.

The president must himself reveal his intentions in an enigmatic “ meeting with the Nation » announced in January.

Ms. Borne had to face nearly thirty motions of censure and resorted to article 49.3 of the Constitution 23 times. In her letter, however, she congratulates herself on having adopted “ in unprecedented conditions in Parliament, financial texts, including pension reform, the law relating to immigration, and more than fifty laws which respond to the challenges of our country and the concerns of the French “.

“ Excluding financial texts, we were able to build project majorities in the spirit of overcoming your election in 2017 », Underlines Ms Borne, who had to deal for twenty months with a relative majority in the Assembly resulting from the legislative elections of June 2022.

She also said to herself “ proud that France now has complete and robust ecological planning », presented last September.

Difficulty establishing a connection with the French

Discreet, sometimes excessively austere, often with an electronic cigarette in her mouth, the 62-year-old former prefect is the second woman to occupy this position. She will have largely exceeded the mandate (10 months and 18 days) of her predecessor Édith Cresson, appointed more than thirty years ago.

But this woman known as techno and without affect, even lacking empathy, struggled to establish a connection with the French and experienced dissensions with the president.

Deprived of an absolute majority, she was especially weakened several times on rue de Varenne, where upon her arrival she had planted a green oak with evergreen foliage.

First by triggering around twenty 49.3 to allow the adoption without a vote of budgetary texts. In general indifference, with the exception of pension reform, for which it escaped censure by only nine votes.

What follows is a road map that she follows to the letter after disagreements with the President of the Republic who gets annoyed but ultimately keeps her in her post.

On the immigration law, rejected by the Assembly before being adopted with the support of the right and the far right, its majority fractured and the Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau resigned.

A deputy points out a “ hard worker ” but who ” did not embody »

The former advisor to Lionel Jospin, who defines herself as “ a left-wing woman » hosted by “ social justice and equal opportunities », will have eaten his hat during his mandate at Matignon: forced to deal with the right to pass texts, without succeeding on pensions and in exchange for a clear toughening on immigration.

During her general policy speech in July 2022, she nevertheless presented herself as “ tireless builder ” of ” project majorities “.

“ A relative majority is not, and will not be, the synonym of relative action “, she insisted. Today, it can boast of around sixty texts adopted without recourse to 49.3, including 24 bills.

Many in the majority admit, like this Renaissance deputy, that Elisabeth Borne was “ serious and hardworking but she doesn’t embody(has) not ”, pointing a “ political weakness “.

“ We cannot put him on trial for disloyalty, but rather for lack of lucidity. », Says a close friend of Emmanuel Macron who says that she remained convinced for a long time that Marine Le Pen would not vote for the text on immigration.

Three times Minister of Transport, Ecology and Labor, she dedicated her appointment to Matignon in May 2022 “ to all the little girls »: « Go after your dreams “. Never elected before, she became a deputy for Calvados the following month.

(With AFP)