The new Minister Delegate for Public Accounts Thomas Cazenave takes office in the Council of Ministers, Friday, April 21, the day after the announcements of the government reshuffle. The Girondin deputy takes over from Gabriel Attal at Bercy, whom he salutes “commitment and action” in the service of the French, the fight against “inflation” as well as “tax, social and customs fraud” at the head of the ministry. Follow these changes in our live.
Succession of handovers in the morning. At the Ministry of Overseas, Jean-François Carenco must receive his successor, Philippe Vigier, at 8:30 a.m. At 9:15 a.m., François Braun will hand over the baton to Aurélien Rousseau at the Ministry of Health. A quarter of an hour later, Gabriel Attal must pass the torch to Thomas Cazenave to take care of the Public Accounts. At 10 a.m., Olivier Klein meets Sabrina Agresti-Roubache and Patrice Vergriete at the Ministry of Towns and Housing. At the same time, Bérangère Couillard must transfer her powers to Sarah El Haïry at the State Secretariat for Biodiversity.
A list given by the Elysée after several days of waiting. While many names were given drop by drop on Thursday afternoon, the presidency ended up formalizing the list of the new government on Thursday around 8 p.m. Of the 41 ministers in the new government, there are 21 women and 20 men, including the head of government, Elisabeth Borne. Women, however, remain less well served than men, as they are less chosen to be full-time ministers.
A first meeting on Friday. The whole of the new government is expected at the Elysée, from Friday at 11 a.m., to attend their first Council of Ministers chaired by Emmanuel Macron. The latter will speak at the opening of the Council of Ministers on the reshuffle and the course given to his new government, franceinfo learned from the Elysee Palace on Friday morning.