Emmanuel Macron has yet to name his next prime minister.

The last Council of Ministers of Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term takes place on Wednesday May 4. By the next Council, the name of the next Prime Minister should be known. “Normally, in any case, even if we have to remain extremely careful since we can see it, Emmanuel Macron takes his time”tempers the journalist Guillaume Daret, live in front of the Élysée, Wednesday, May 4.

“What is certain is that in the entourage of Jean Castex, I am told that the boxes are ready to be made”, adds the journalist. For the post of Prime Minister, “two women would have been approached”, continues Guillaume Daret. They are Véronique Bédague, former chief of staff of former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, and Valérie Rabault, president of the socialist group in the National Assembly. “Both would have declined”affirms the journalist, who specifies that the Élysée “formally denies, explaining that ‘the post of Prime Minister has not been offered to anyone’.