Former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne returns to the Assembly as a deputy

A return to the Palais-Bourbon, but no longer on the government benches. Former Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne returned to the National Assembly as a majority deputy on Tuesday February 13. A little over a month after leaving Matignon, the former head of government is expected at the meeting of the Renaissance group at 10:30 a.m., then at the question session with the government at 3 p.m.

She regains her seat as deputy for the 6th constituency of Calvados, where she was elected in June 2022, immediately giving way to her deputy Freddy Sertin. “When I have a mission, a function, it’s in my DNA to do it to the fullest”she promised on France 3 Normandie. “I have never been fascinated by power (…) I will continue to put a lot of energy into my political commitment”.

At her request, Elisabeth Borne will sit on the Foreign Affairs Committee, like the former government spokesperson Olivier Véran, while Olivier Dussopt, former Minister of Labor, will join the Defense Committee. It will also find the unchanged configuration of the National Assembly in relative majority and in which it had resorted 23 times to the constitutional weapon of 49.3 to pass budgets and pension reform without a vote. In total, around ten former members of the government will become deputies again, notably Bérangère Couillard, Clément Beaune, Carole Grandjean, Philippe Vigier, Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo and Olivier Becht.