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The franceinfo Talk looks at the figure of Gabriel Attal, newly appointed Prime Minister on Tuesday January 9. Ludo Pauchant receives political scientist Jean-Christophe Gallien, Tâm Tran-Huy, political journalist and parliamentarian at Public Senate and Paul Barcelonne, journalist in the political service of franceinfo.
Monday January 8, Elisabeth Borne resigned from the governmentaccepted by Emmanuel Macron. The head of state expressed on : “Madam Prime Minister, dear Elisabeth Borne, your work in the service of the Nation has been exemplary every day”. In the resignation letter, the latter urges to “continue efforts” with a view to building a stronger, fairer France, in a more sovereign Europe.
While rumors identified Sébastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, or Julien Denormandie, former Minister of Agriculture, as potential successors, Gabriel Attal was appointed Prime Minister this Tuesday, January 9.
The youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic
Now responsible for forming a new government, theformer Minister of National Education Gabriel Attal officially becomes the youngest Prime Minister in the history of the Fifth Republicahead of Laurent Fabius who was appointed at 37 years old.
For some people “bottle-fed at the macronie school”, Gabriel experienced a meteoric political rise. In 2016, the latter became a deputy alongside Emmanuel Macron, at the age of 28, before becoming a member of the government, as Secretary of State for Youth, a year later. He became spokesperson for the Castex government, before becoming Minister of Public Accounts. He now becomes Prime Minister, at the age of 34.
The President of the Republic therefore chose a faithful to work for the rest of his five-year term, a heavy task after the painful episodes of the year 2023 with the pension reform and the immigration bill.
