She remains at her post. Emmanuel Macron has decided to keep Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne at Matignon, the president’s entourage announced on Monday July 17. The Head of State will explain “by the end of the week” on the course he intends to pursue at the start of the school year. “To ensure stability and substantive work, the President of the Republic has decided to maintain the Prime Minister, it was indicated. He intends to prepare for the start of the school year by recalling the clear course which is his and by bringing together strongly after this period .”
“The 100-day target has been met and calm has returned,” noted the same source, referring to the 100 days set by the Head of State in mid-April to regain control after the pension crisis. “July 14 was a success”, continues the presidential entourage, while fears of a new outbreak of violence on the occasion of the National Day have not been confirmed. “The country is moving forward. The executive must work and prepare for the start of the school year,” he also welcomes.
On borrowed time for many weeks, Elisabeth Borne has survived complicated sequences since her arrival at Matignon, between failed legislative elections in 2022 and a highly contested pension reform in the spring, passed thanks to the use of 49.3. The Prime Minister “wants adjustments” to the government and will propose them “this week”, said those around her.
Earlier in the day, she had appointed Jean-Denis Combrexelle, a specialist in the Labor Code, as the new chief of staff. He replaced Aurélien Rousseau, who should have left office on July 1.