French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday appointed the Secretary-General of his party, Stephane Ségournet, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, which maintained many influential figures while strengthening it with two former right-wing ministers.
Sigournet is very close to Macron and previously served as his advisor, and he will replace Catherine Colonna.
This means two women will leave key positions, with Colonna and Prime Minister Elisabet Borne leaving.
On the other hand, several important figures were confirmed to remain, most notably Bruno Le Maire in Economics, Gerald Darmanin in Interior, Sébastien Lecornu in Defense, and Eric Dupont-Moretti in Justice.
Former right-wing ministers Rachida Dati and Catherine Vautrin were also appointed to the new government.
Dati served as Minister of Justice under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy, and held the Culture Ministry. As for Vautrin, who held several ministerial portfolios under the presidency of Jacques Chirac, she was given the Ministry of Labour, Health and Solidarity.
The appointment of Rachida Dati to the Ministry of Culture angered the right-wing Republican Party, whose president, Eric Cioti, announced her exclusion from its ranks, saying that she had “placed herself outside our political family.”
“We are in the opposition, so we regret the consequences of her choice,” Cioti added in a statement.
After becoming the youngest Prime Minister of France at the age of thirty-four, it became the mission of Gabriel Attal, who previously held the education portfolio for a short period, to restore momentum to Emmanuel Macron’s second presidential term.
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2024-01-11 20:54:16
