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The minister consolidates his domination over the Economy and Finance. In office since Emmanuel Macron’s first election in 2017, he will be responsible for restoring balance to public accounts.
This Friday, January 12, the day after the reshuffle, Bruno Le Maire will attack his 2432nd day at Bercy. There are only two ministers to have been continuously part of all Macronian governments since May 15, 2017 and the appointment of Edouard Philippe to Matignon: Gérald Darmanin and him, two defectors from the Les Républicains party. But Bruno Le Maire is the only one to have kept the same portfolio, that of Economy and Finance. Over the course of the reshuffles, the title of his title lengthens – he is Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty – and his rank in the protocol order climbs, until he becomes number 2 in the government. upon the arrival of Elisabeth Borne. He maintains the same rank in the Attal government but also recovers the energy, according to him: “I have even more energy and enthusiasm than the first day. It’s time to accelerate, to see this transformation through to the end.”reacted this evening in Le Figaro Bruno Le Maire. Before adding: “having responsibility for energy means giving ourselves the best chance of accelerating the reindustrialization of the country and the