It hasn’t happened for more than 30 years, a woman occupies Matignon for the second time after Edith Cresson in 1991.”I dedicate this nomination to all the little girls“: the words of Elisabeth Borne during the transfer of power with Jean Castex did not fail to hit the mark. “Nothing should stop the fight for the place of women in our society“, she insisted with emotion, confident to have”a thought for Edith Cresson“.
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The last woman at Matignon then replied to her a few moments later on franceinfo: “I am absolutely convinced that she will be up to her task. I have no advice to give her, because she has a very great experience, I wish her good luck and a lot of courage“, greeted Edith Cresson, before tackling that “31 years is too much“. The same observation as drawn up on franceinfo, also, Tuesday May 17, Cécile Duflot, director general of Oxfam Franceformer minister and former secretary general of EELV, who believes that it is a “very good thing because not everyone under 35 remembers a female prime minister“.
Elisabeth Borne, 61, became Prime Minister of France on Monday, breaking three decades of exclusively male transfers of power. This appointment naturally caused a lot of reaction, especially among the women involved in local political life. She is not on the same political side as Elisabeth Borne, and yet she wishes him “courage, selflessness and determination“. Nadia Bakiri, socialist regional councilor of Occitanie smiles after the appointment of the Prime Minister, because, she is convinced, this time, it will go better than 30 years ago. “Edith Cresson suffered from this when she was in office, but over time, mentalities evolve and behaviors change. I’m sure she will have the support of many women“, she assures.
.EtcThis is also what Claudie Faucon-Méjean, the socialist mayor of Bram, in Aude, thinks: “The symbol is important, it is a progressive sign of course for women and for the place of women in politics. The hardest part is legitimacy. We have to prove, every day, that we belong. And these women trace our furrow and little by little, we earn our place in the political echelon“, pleads this elected official engaged in politics for 20 years.
Others are more measured, like Nadia Pellefigue, socialist vice-president of the Occitanie region. “Today, we are in the symbol. What I want is for it to change the lives of French women. So I hope that Elisabeth Borne will be that Prime Minister. However, the mere fact that she is a woman does not, for the moment, still make her someone who will have advanced gender equality in France., she decides. A political and societal fight which will again be the great cause of this second Macron five-year term.