Emmanuel Macron will chair the Council of Ministers by videoconference on Wednesday, in the plane that will bring him back from French Polynesia, while the government will be meeting at the Elysee Palace, the presidency said on Tuesday. The Weekly Council will begin at 1 p.m. in Paris, i.e. 1 hour in Papeete, from where it will take off
the presidential Airbus A330 to connect Paris, which is more than 15,000 km away.
It was initially planned that Emmanuel Macron would chair the Papeete meeting, before taking off at the end of his first visit to French Polynesia which began on Saturday evening. The presidential A330 is specially equipped so that the Head of State and his delegation can stay in contact with the outside world thanks to high-speed links. It also has a meeting room.
A pre-meeting on the health crisis
For this last Council of Ministers before the summer vacation of the executive, the ministers will be gathered around Jean Castex at the Elysee Palace. Government spokesperson Gabriel Attal will report back at the end of the meeting.
The organization of videoconferencing councils is now well oiled after eight months, between October and June, during which the number of face-to-face meetings was very reduced due to restrictions linked to the Covid-19 crisis. Before the Council, Jean Castex will meet in Matignon the ministers concerned by the health crisis in the early morning.