It is indeed a woman who will become Prime Minister in the coming days. Emmanuel Macron had never hidden his desire to elect a woman to this post since his re-election on April 24 and therefore chose Élisabeth Borne to replace Jean Castex. A woman whom the President of the Republic knows well, given that she was Minister of Labor during his first five-year term.
“The President of the Republic has appointed Mrs. Élisabeth Borne Prime Minister and instructed her to form a government”announced the Elysee Palace in a press release, stating: “It is the choice of competence in the service of France, of a woman of conviction, action and achievement”, has also explained the Elysée. On entering Matignon, Élisabeth Borne succeeds Édith Cresson who had been Prime Minister during François Mitterand’s second seven-year term from May 1991 to April 1992. The now ex-Minister of Labor seems to have the profile so much sought after by Emmanuel Macron who wanted a Prime Minister in profile “social, environmental and productive”.
“She has the culture of the State, the territory and the company and has demonstrated her ability to carry out reforms. The ecological transition is at the heart of her commitment. She is a left-wing woman with a social commitment, in particular for young people, with apprenticeship and the youth employment contract”underlined in particular the Elysée.
An uncompromising woman
When Elisabeth Borne appoints her ministers, they must not disappoint her. Indeed, the new Prime Minister is described as “hard worker” and “demanding” when she headed the RATP from 2015 to 2017. “We know more than one who left his office in tears”informed an anonymous source to our colleagues from the Worldand would have even earned the nickname of “Terminal-Out”.
Not very popular with railway workers?
The former Minister of Labor is also known for two major reforms during Emmanuel Macron’s last five-year term. That of pensions and that of unemployment insurance. But it is also known for that of the SNCF which opens up competition in rail transport, transformation of the status of the company, cessation of recruitment to the status of agents, as our colleagues from France Info. A reform that will lead to a social movement and push railway workers to take to the streets for 37 days.
“Ward of the nation” as Jean-Marie Le Pen
She is one of the many politicians to have been invited to Cyril Hanouna on C8. It’s actually on the show 1 youth 1 answer that Elisabeth Borne was invited to talk about her past and teach the host that she had lost her father at the age of 11 and that she was therefore “ward of the nation”. A status that France attributes to children whose parents have unfortunately been injured or killed during a war or a terrorist attack.
The desert allows him to recharge his batteries
The one who will succeed Jean Castex has several activities to enjoy her free time. But what she likes above all would be the crossings of the desert. “She finds her real “rejuvenation” in long hikes in the middle of the desert. In Morocco or Jordan, for example”detailed The world.
She frequented the big names in politics
In addition to having been Minister of Labour, Elisabeth Borne was able to learn alongside the greatest. Indeed it was in 1987 that she began her political career by becoming a senior civil servant at the Ministry of Equipment. She then became adviser to the Ministry of National Education to Jack Lang and then Lionel Jospin, before becoming technical adviser in charge of transport in the cabinet of the latter when he was Prime Minister. She also held a position in urban planning at the town hall of Paris under the mandate of Bertrand Delanoë and held the position of director of the cabinet of Ségolène Royal at the Ministry of Ecology between April 2014 and May 2015.
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