The signals seem to be green since the evening of Thursday, September 19, for the announcement of the new government to be made. The meeting organized at Matignon with the leaders of the parties likely to participate in the ministerial team helped to calm tensions and Prime Minister Michel Barnier proposed a list of names in the evening to President Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Élysée. Although almost no names have leaked, we already know for sure some who will not be part of the government.
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Right-wing figure Laurent Wauquiez will not be on the list of ministers. The leader of the Republican Right group announced this to his troops on Thursday, September 19. He claims to have ultimately refused the Finance portfolio.
His possible presence in the government had provoked a lot of hostility in the presidential camp, in which there was satisfaction on Thursday evening. A resigning minister rejoiced by declaring: “ Our warnings have been heard “, adding that the new Prime Minister had told his predecessor Gabriel Attal that there would be “ no tax increases on the middle classes ” At the MoDem, on the other hand, we wondered about a team in which “ the left float ” was not represented.
Government structure revealed
Finally, the architecture of the future government was unveiled. A total of 38 ministers, including 16 full-time ministers. Seven come from Ensemble pour la République, two from MoDem, one from Horizons and three from the Republicans who should obtain the strategic Ministry of the Interior. Emmanuel Macron should keep ministers from the central bloc in foreign affairs and defense, its reserved areas.
Gérald Darmanin, who had expressed his interest in the Quai d’Orsay, should not remain in government. The latter ” will be presented before Sunday ” announced Michel Barnier’s team.
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