With this reshuffle, Emmanuel Macron and Elisabeth Borne seek to establish a certain stability to start this new five-year term, especially after the results of the legislative elections which weakened the presidential majority.
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First, the president wanted to serve his allies: François Bayrou’s Modem and Edouard Philippe’s Horizons. The centrists see their weight double: two ministers in the Borne government I, four in the Borne II government, with the arrival of Jean-Noël Barrot, appointed Minister Delegate in charge of the Digital Transition and Telecommunications, but above all the return of Sarah El Haïry, as Secretary of State in charge of Youth and of the Universal National Service, and of Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister Delegate in charge this time of Persons with Disabilities.
For the party of Edouard Philippe, Christophe Béchu is promoted and goes from Minister Delegate in charge of Local Authorities to Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, alongside Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Minister for Energy Transition. Their two positions are thought out in pairs, to have a key role in the new mandate of Emmanuel Macron. One of the relatives of the former Prime Minister is also entering the government: Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions.
Emmanuel Macron sends a strong signal to the right: Bruno Le Maire is confirmed as number 2 in the government for the Economy. For his part, Gérald Darmanin sees his interior portfolio extended to overseas territories, with under his authority a deputy minister, Jean-François Carenco, former prefect of Île-de-France. Franck Riester, president of Agir, takes on the role of Minister of Relations with Parliament, a strategic post which will be scrutinized, with a relative majority in the National Assembly. Two newcomers come to consolidate the right wing: Olivier Becht, former president of the Agir group in the Assembly, replaces Franck Riester as Minister Delegate in charge of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad, and Caroline Cayeux, mayor of Beauvais ex-LR, who takes over the charge of local authorities.
On the opposite side of the political spectrum, Emmanuel Macron is trying to seduce a certain left with two key personalities. On the one hand, Olivier Klein, mayor of Clichy-sous-Bois and ex-PS, becomes Minister of Housing, after being appointed in 2017 at the head of the National Agency for Urban Renewal (Anru). On the other hand, Laurence Boone, former adviser to François Hollande and chief economist at the OECD, is moving to European Affairs.
A pillar of the majority enters the government: Roland Lescure, deputy of the first constituency of French people living abroad, tipped to become president of the National Assembly, finally becomes deputy minister in charge of Industry. Hervé Berville, one of the new deputies of 2017, replaces Justine Benin, beaten in the legislative elections, as Secretary of State for the Sea.
The president strives to remain faithful to the desire to identify and promote those he considers to be talents among his supporters. During her previous five-year term, this was the case for Elisabeth Moreno, former Minister for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities. For this new government, we find this profile in Patricia Mirallès, in charge of Veterans Affairs and Memory. If she got angry with La République en Marche, the Montpellier elected official has always remained faithful to the President. Daughter of returnees from Algeria, she had been at the forefront of the bill for recognition and reparation for harkis, as rapporteur for the text.