Élisabeth Borne presented her resignation to Emmanuel Macron on Monday, who accepted it. The reactions were quick, from the majority to the opposition.
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After 602 days at the head of government, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne submitted her resignation on Monday January 8, which Emmanuel Macron accepted. In her resignation letter, which franceinfo was able to consult, Élisabeth Borne “pays homage” has “the action of ministers” thanks to whom she “committed to having adopted, under unprecedented conditions in Parliament, […] pension reform, immigration law and more than fifty laws”. On X, the head of state greeted his “work in the service of our Nation [qui] was exemplary every day” and told him “with all my heart, thank you“. From left to right, the oppositions criticize the record of the now ex-Prime Minister.
Within the majority, the former head of government congratulated for her action
His former colleagues praise him. Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport, thanked her on “courage” and his “beliefs”. Still on X, Stanislas Guerini, Minister of Transformation and Public Service, said he “proud to be a minister in his Government”. Christophe Béchu, Minister of Ecological Transition posted a simple “THANKS” accompanied by a photo with Élisabeth Borne. The Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa Castera welcomed “a determined team leader and an exemplary captain” and said to herself “honored to work at [ses] sides”.
“It’s difficult to put a few words on such an intense human and political adventure. But working with Elisabeth Borne was an honor”, for his part reacted on X the former Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau. For its part, Renaissance, Emmanuel Macron’s party, praised his action on social networks “during 20 months as Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne led an ambitious and courageous policy of transformation of our country”. “It was complicated, she was pushed around, but she did the job.” recognized on franceinfo the Renaissance deputy Patrick Vignal, who also denounced the reactions of the oppositions, without “no reflection or haughtiness”.
On the left, Élisabeth Borne accused of having “damaged” democracy
The left threatens a motion of censure and criticizes his action. “After dismissal by email, Emmanuel Macron invents dismissal by tweet”, wrote Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS, on X, in reference to the message from the Head of State on his X account to thank Élisabeth Borne. For Mathilde Panot, president of the LFI group at the National Assembly : “Borne resigned, leaving behind 23 49.3 and a badly damaged democracy”, she wrote on “His record is very bad“, for his part reacted the LFI deputy Éric Coquerel on franceinfo.
Cyrielle Châtelain, president of the environmental group in the Assembly, said she had the feeling “of a long perdition”. “It’s a great feeling of failure”, she assured on franceinfo. Finally Sandrine Roussau regretted, still on the social network “The immigration law was an incredible waste. The Prime Minister sold her soul to keep her position. Today she no longer has either.“
On the right, the qualities of Élisabeth Borne highlighted
On the right, Éric Ciotti, the president of the Republicans, admitted on “appreciated the rigor and intellectual honesty of Élisabeth Borne”, “despite our significant differences”. “In many circumstances, she had the courage that others did not have. She was a quality interlocutor for me“, added the deputy for Alpes-Maritimes. For Bruno Retailleau, the president of the LR group in the Senate, Élisabeth Borne “embodied a certain righteousness amidst the fluctuations of the At the same time”. “We did not have the same convictions but I appreciated in Elisabeth Borne a frankness in our discussions, a high sense of the State and real courage in a complicated political context“, reacted Senator LR from Vendée.
The LR president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, for her part, welcomed a Prime Minister who “knew how to embody feminine power with dignity and courage”. “She found the way to an agreement to finance transport in the Ile-de-France region”she estimated.
On the far right, the former Prime Minister is criticized for her pension reform and her 49-3
The National Rally does not mince its words. Sébastien Chenu, vice-president of the RN and vice-president of the National Assembly, joked about his X account: “So Élisabeth Borne will not exceed the record of 49.3. However, she was off to a good start”. “We don’t say thank you to her because leaving the country in this state is not glorious (…) The public accounts are degraded, unemployment is rising, on the ecology for which she was responsible, that did she do?”he asked on franceinfo.
For Laure Lavalette, RN deputy and spokesperson for the group in the National Assembly, “an unjust pension reform and two dozen 49.3s. This is what History will remember from the Borne government”, she wrote on. “This game of musical chairs interests no one. We now need a concrete policy change to change the lives of the French,” she added.