The announcement was expected this week. The Elysée announced this Friday, September 27, the appointment of two new delegate ministers to complete the government. Charlotte Parmentier-Lecocq, a member of the presidential camp since 2017 and who joined the Horizons party this month, was appointed minister responsible for people with disabilities, while the sector had expressed its anger following the disappearance of a portfolio specific to this cause.
Les Républicains MP Jean-Louis Thiériot, for his part, was appointed Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, Sébastien Lecornu. “I know I can count on you to support our Veterans, bring Memory to life, and participate in the territorial and international influence of the ministry,” reacted on X the latter.
Appointed six days after Michel Barnier’s government team, “the two new ministers will join the government seminar” underway this Friday around the Prime Minister, Matignon said. With these two appointments, Michel Barnier’s government has 41 members.