Emmanuel Macron appointed this Monday, May 16, 2022 the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne Prime Minister in replacement of Jean Castex who resigned two hours earlierannounced the Elysee.
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Second woman to join Matignon
“The President of the Republic has appointed Mrs. Élisabeth Borne Prime Minister and instructed her to form a government”, the presidency said in a statement. “It is the choice of competence in the service of France, of a woman of conviction, action and achievement”explained the Elysée.
At 61, the one who until now was Minister of Labor becomes the second woman to enter Matignon after Edith Cresson, who remained in this position for eleven months from May 1991 to April 1992, during François Mitterrand’s second seven-year term.
Polytechnician, Élisabeth Borne, passed since 2017 by Transport then by the Ecological Transition, is one of the supporters of the left wing of the government and known for her rigor and her skills.
She was prefect of the Poitou-Charentes region from 2013 to 2014, then chief of staff to Ségolène Royal at the Ministry of Ecology from 2014 to 2015, before taking the helm of the RATP until her entry into government in 2017. .
” Dear Élisabeth Borne, Madam Prime Minister, Ecology, health, education, full employment, democratic rebirth, Europe and security: together, with the new government, we will continue to act tirelessly for the French and the French, also greeted Emmanuel Macron on Twitter.
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Dear @Elisabeth_Borne,
Madam Prime Minister,
Ecology, health, education, full employment, democratic revival, Europe and security: together, with the new government, we will continue to act tirelessly for French people.—Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) May 16, 2022
An “ability to carry out reforms”
His name has been regularly cited since the re-election of Emmanuel Macron on April 24. The president had specified that he wanted a prime minister with a profile “social, environmental and productive”.
“It has the culture of the State, the territory and the company” and demonstrated “its ability to carry out reforms”underlined the Elysee. “Ecological transition is at the heart of its commitment” and it’s “a left-wing woman with a social commitment, especially for youth, with apprenticeship and the youth engagement contract”.
In addition, Élisabeth Borne has been “engaged from the start alongside the president and at the heart of the majority”, having joined LREM in 2017, she added.
The formation of the government should now take place in the “coming days”, it was indicated in the entourage of the president.
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