On Wednesday May 4, Emmanuel Macron once again brought together the government of Jean Castex in the Council of Ministers. The re-elected head of state took the opportunity to clarify things about the appointment of the next government, which will not be for now. And in the meantime, there is no question of letting assumptions run free on the choice of the new Prime Minister.
Who to succeed Jean Castex? The waltz of rumors about the name of the rare pearl is obviously not to the taste ofEmmanuel MacronExplain Valerie Gasfrom the political service of RFI.
The president made an update in the Council of Ministers, which was relayed by the government spokesperson, Gabriel Attal: “ The time for nominations has not come. No proposal has been made to anyone in this regard.. »
A way of sending back to the ropes those who confided in the press that they had been approached to become head of government and had declined the proposal, namely Véronique Bédague, former director of cabinet of Manuel Valls at Matignon, and the socialist Valérie Rabault, president of the PS group in the National Assembly.
Predictions concerning the replacement of Jean Castex
In the race for predictions, other names are circulating, in particular that of the LR president of the Pays de la Loire region, Christelle Morançais, of a former minister of Jacques Chirac, Catherine Vautrin, or of Élisabeth Borne, current minister work. But the president has not decided and makes it known.
” There is the investiture of the President of the Republic for his second term which will take place this Saturday and there is Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term which ends on May 13 at midnight. The Castex government will go to the end of this first five-year term of Emmanuel Macron “recalls the government spokesperson.
Emmanuel Macron thus sets the record straight.
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