Many ministers and delegated ministers of the Attal government have announced their intention to present their candidacies in the legislative elections on Sunday June 30 and July 7, 2024. Who are they and in which constituencies are they running? And which ministers take their turn?
Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly after the very large victory of the National Rally for the Europeans imposes a very tight timetable on his own party. The President of the Republic has in fact set the date of June 30 for the first round of the early legislative elections, which means that candidacies must be submitted on Sunday June 16.
Around twenty members of the government have already announced their intention to run to save their seats as deputies in the legislative elections on June 30 and July 7.
If Prime Minister Gabriel Attal had remained absent until June 11, he finally announced that he would run in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine in Vanves where he had been elected in 2022, by almost 60% against the PS candidate. Faced with the Renaissance deputies, he promised to go “to the end of [son] duty” to “avoid the worst” in these elections where the National Rally (RN) is largely favored against Emmanuel Macron’s camp. Find out which of the ministers of the presidential majority are running, are considering or throwing in the towel for these crucial legislative elections.
The list of government ministers running for the 2024 legislative elections
More than 150 leavers were re-elected on the evening of Tuesday June 11 by the Renaissance presidential party. Like Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, around twenty ministers, delegate ministers as well as former members of the executive who still embody the presidential majority are preparing to campaign. Who intends to present their candidacy in the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024? In which constituencies?
- Gabriel Attal in Hauts-de-Seine : according to Renaissance MPs, the Prime Minister intends to run in his constituency, 10e from Hauts-de-Seine to Vanves, where he won 59.85% of the votes in 2022, against the socialist Cécile Soubelet (40.15%).
- Gérald Darmanin in the North : with the intention of “clarifying things”, he declared Monday on TF1, the Minister of the Interior is putting his title of deputy back on the line in the 10e Northern constituency.
- Franck Riester in Seine-et-Marne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade will run in the 5th constituency of Seine-et-Marne. He announced on X that he wanted to “provide concrete answers in the service of the general interest”.
- Frédéric Valletoux in Seine-et-Marne : the Minister of Health returns to the campaign in the 2nd constituency of Seine-et-Marne (Fontainebleau – Nemours – La Chapelle-la-Reine).
- Prisca Thevenot in Hauts-de-Seine : the government spokesperson announced her candidacy in her original constituency: the 8th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine.
- Aurore Bergé in Yvelines : the minister responsible for equality will run again in the 10the Yvelines constituency.
- Sarah El Haïry in Loire-Atlantique : the Minister Delegate in charge of Children, Youth and Families is running again in the 5th constituency of Loire-Atlantique (Carquefou, La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, Ligné, Nantes VIII, Nort-sur-Erdre). Guest of France Bleu Loire Océan, she announced that she wanted “a majority for a country that respects itself, which calls for neither lies nor brothel”.
- Marina Ferrari in Savoie : the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs is a candidate for the legislative elections in the 1st constituency of Savoie. “I am more determined than ever to go and fight the extremes,” she said on France Bleu Pays de Savoie on Thursday June 13.
- Sabrina Agresti-Roubache in Bouches-du-Rhône : the Secretary of State in charge of the City of France is running again in the 1st constituency of Bouches-du-Rhône, where she was narrowly elected in 2022. “I refuse to let the extreme right win the 1st constituency , just like the 2nd and 6th,” she explained to La Provence.
- Guillaume Kasbarian in Eure-et-Loir : the Minister for Housing represents his candidacy in the 1st constituency of Eure-et-Loir
- Dominique Faure in Haute-Garonne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Rurality will run again in the 10th constituency of Haute-Garonne.
- Stéphane Stayed in Hauts-de-Seine : the Renaissance party indicated to AFP this Thursday, June 13 that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of the Renaissance party would run in the 9th constituency in Boulogne-Billancourt, held since 2022 by the Renaissance deputy Emmanuel Pellerin.
- Marie Guévenoux in Essonne : the Minister Delegate in charge of Overseas is representing herself in the 9th constituency of Essonne, known as Draveil – Ris-Orangis, calling for “the coming together of moderates and true republicans”.
- Roland Lescure in the constituency of the French of North America : the Minister for Industry and Energy announced on social networks that he would run again in the 1D constituency of French people in North America, calling for a “large liberal, democratic and resolutely social gathering” against the “danger” of the National Rally.
- Marie Lebec in Yvelines : the Minister Delegate responsible for relations with Parliament presents herself again in the 4e constituency of Yvelines, calling on
- Fadila Khattabi in Côte d’Or : the minister responsible for disabled people announced on X that she would run again in the 3rd constituency of Côte d’Or against the “extremes”.
- Patricia Mirallès in Hérault : the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed Forces, in charge of Veterans and Memory, announced “re-enter the ring” in the 1st constituency of Hérault. “The French will have to decide: do they want a far-right government? It’s up to me to convince them. I don’t think I have betrayed my voters since 2022,” she announced .
- Hervé Berville in Côtes-d’Armor : the Secretary of State for the Sea and Biodiversity is a candidate in the 2nd constituency of Côtes-d’Armor (Dinan). “We are leaving as a pair because we want to continue to defend the territory and work on very concrete priorities for the inhabitants of the constituency and the future of France,” he explained to Ouest France.
- Elisabeth Borne in Calvados : she is no longer part of the government, but the former Prime Minister will run again in the 6e constituency of Calvados.
- Yaël Braun-Pivet in Yvelines : she is not a member of the government either but the outgoing president of the National Assembly, ex-minister of Overseas and figure of the majority, is running in the 5e Yvelines constituency.
Government ministers who could still run in the 2024 legislative elections
These executive ministers are expected to run as deputies in the legislative elections of June 30 and July 7, 2024, but they have not officially announced their candidacy.
- Marc Fesneau in Loir-et-Cher : the Minister of Agriculture should then face Marc Gricourt (PS mayor of Blois) in the first constituency of Loir-et-Cher.
- Stanislas Guerini in Paris : the Minister of Transformation and the Public Service could run again in his original constituency: the 3rd Paris constituency.
- Jean-Noël Barrot in Yvelines : the Minister Delegate for Europe could stand as a candidate in the 2nd constituency of Yvelines.
- Thomas Cazenave in Gironde : the Minister Delegate for Public Accounts of France could run again in the first constituency of Gironde.
- Olivia Grégoire in Paris : the Minister Delegate in charge of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Commerce, Crafts and Tourism could run again in the 12th constituency of Paris.
Government ministers who are not running for the 2024 legislative elections
These ministers made the choice not to run and announced it quickly after the dissolution of the National Assembly.
- Bruno Le Maire in Eure : the Minister of Economy and Finance confirmed on Tuesday June 11 to activists in his former constituency of Eure that he would not be a candidate in the 2024 legislative elections. His former constituency where he was a deputy from 2007 to 2022, the 1st in Eure, fell two years ago into the hands of the RN. “My conviction has not changed. We must know how to hand over to a new generation and keep our word: three mandates, not one more,” declared the Boss of Bercy.
- Catherine Vautrin : the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity will not be a candidate in the legislative elections but announced to AFP that she “fully” supports Renaissance candidate Laure Miller in her former constituency, 2e of the Marne. “The French must vote en masse,” she announced the day after the announcement of the dissolution of the National Assembly on the France 3 Champagne-Ardenne set.