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The countdown is on before the announcement of the new government. This should take place in the next few days after a last Council of Ministers which takes place today, Thursday April 28. A woman could replace Jean Castex according to the assumptions.
This is the last climb on the steps of the Élysée for Jean Castex and his ministers this Thursday, April 28. Some greet the journalists while Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Culture, immortalizes this moment in a photo. It is customary: after the presidential election, the Prime Minister resigns along with his government. So who will replace the government of Jean Castex?
The French desire see a woman at Matignon. Unheard of for 30 years when Edith Cresson had remained in office for 10 months. “I think that the president today has a duty to (…) reinvent, to change, it will be a first significant gesture”, thinks a man. According to a poll published yesterday, April 27, 74% of French people want a female Prime Minister. Among the favorites are Élisabeth Borne, Christine Lagarde, Véronique Bédague and Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet.
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