The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron will speak “At the beginning of next week”, the franceinfo political service at the Elysée learned on Friday January 12. The head of state had promised, in December, a “meeting with the nation” in January to send “a message of unity”. The details of his speech have not been revealed. But it will take place a few days after the reshuffle, and before the general policy declaration of the new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal. Follow our live stream.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra will continue Gabriel Attal’s projects. The Prime Minister, who is leaving the Ministry of National Education, assured during the transfer of power that all the projects he had initiated would be continued by the one who inherits the portfolio, which she will combine with that of Sports. “The course has not changed one iota. (…) The clash of knowledge will be implemented and will bear fruit”he continued. “My roadmap on this National Education and Youth scope is clear, it is the one that you have carried out in recent months with exceptional vigor“, replied the new minister.
Rachida Dati “understands” that her appointment to Culture “may surprise”. During the transfer of power with his predecessor Rima Abdul Malak on Friday, the right-wing figure, former Minister of Justice of Nicolas Sarkozy, commented on the reactions to his entry into the government. “She doesn’t surprise me, she added. It responds to a real need: the need of France, which we often call ‘popular’, sometimes with a little contempt, I must say, which must feel represented.” The arrival of the mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and ex-member of the Republicans is the main surprise from the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
Emmanuel Macron demands “results” from the new government. The President of the Republic asked during the Council of Ministers “solidarity and speed, which are the condition of effectiveness”, Franceinfo learned from a meeting participant. The eleven ministers and the three delegate ministers appointed Thursday gathered at the Elysée, around the Head of State and Gabriel Attal. This restricted government team will soon be supplemented by an additional list of delegate ministers and secretaries of state.
Beaune and Dussopt leave the government. Respectively Ministers of Transport and Labor, the two men from the left wing of the presidential camp have confirmed their departure. They have been members of the government since 2017 for Olivier Dussopt and 2020 for Clément Beaune.