We know a little more about the reshuffle. According to information from franceinfo, the Minister Delegate for Vocational Training, Carole Grandjean, the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade, Olivier Becht, the Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, and the Minister of Health and Prevention, Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo, are not reappointed to the government.
The tighter pack of 15 ministers announced on January 11 must still be completed by around fifteen delegate ministers and secretaries of state, eagerly awaited by the sectors concerned. Follow our live stream.
For Elisabeth Borne, it is not “simple to make a government”. “There are geographical balances” to find, added the former Prime Minister while this Thursday morning on franceinfo, François Bayrou noted that 11 out of 14 ministers are “Parisians or Ile-de-France residents”. She further considers that“obviously, we must ensure parity” and it is necessary to take into account the “different sensitivities”.
Stirrings within the MoDem. According to several deputies from the centrist party invited to a dinner with him, François Bayrou denounced Wednesday evening “a process of humiliation” of the executive towards the MoDem. These guests reported it to France Inter and franceinfo. “It was reported, but I’m not sure those words were mine.”nuanced the president of MoDem, Thursday on franceinfo. “François Bayrou decided without any consultation with anyone to display a fundamental disagreement with the presidential majority”reacted the centrist deputy Jean-Louis Bourlanges, in a press release published on. He accuses the president of MoDem of“weaken dangerously” the majority, while “discrediting” his side.
Queries for several wallets. Who will be the new Minister of Housing? “There is none, and yet the crisis is already here”, worried a member of the government to franceinfo. Transport and health professions are also becoming impatient. Another burning issue: should Amélie Oudéa-Castéra be replaced? The Minister of National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic Games has been embroiled in several controversies since her appointment.
François Bayrou announced that he would not join the future government. Since his release on Monday, his name has been circulating insistently. By refusing to return to the government, François Bayrou removed a significant unknown factor from the ministerial reshuffle equation.