“The re-elected ministers will be able to be both members of the government and sit in the National Assembly,” recalls the secretary general of the think tank Le Millénaire.

A Council of Ministers is being held at the Élysée Palace on Tuesday, July 16. At the end of the meeting, Emmanuel Macron could accept the resignation of his government. Matthieu Hocque, secretary general of the think tank Le Millénaire, is the guest of 12/13 info to deliver his analysis. “The difficulty the President of the Republic has today is being able to appoint a Prime Minister based on the ranks of the National Assembly”he believes. He wonders: “Will it be a Prime Minister from the New Popular Front or from a national coalition?”

The option of a resigning government is on the table. “Gabriel Attal would remain in charge after submitting his resignation”explains Matthieu Hocque. And to complete: “The various ministers who were re-elected, who number 17, will be able to be both members of the government (…) and sit in the National Assembly.” The question of the separation of powers arises. According to the Secretary General of the Millennium, it will therefore be a question of determining the duration of this resigning government.