“Soothed, serene and determined” … Élisabeth Borne returns to the National Assembly on Tuesday

After a month’s break, Élisabeth Borne is preparing to resume her seat as deputy for Calvados. She wants to give herself even more political weight.

This return to school, Tuesday February 13, on the benches of the National Assembly was carefully prepared by the former Prime Minister. Élisabeth Borne first recharged the batteries by taking a month’s break, after almost seven years in government including a year and a half in Matignon, with no less than twenty-three 49.3s and two difficult reforms. Élisabeth Borne took a vacation in Morocco, then coffees and lunches, to prepare for her return. The now deputy for Calvados met parliamentarians, saw Christophe Castaner again, and even ministers like Stanislas Guerini.

According to those around her, she is “very fit”, “calm, serene, determined” also, with a plan to give itself even more political weight. This is why she is taking back her seat as a deputy. She wishes “make ground” in his constituency. She who “suffered from illegitimacy trials”from this image “austere, first collaborator, techno that stuck to her skin”. Basically she wants to be able to say “I’m a politician, I’ll show you that”.

The Foreign Affairs Committee

Élisabeth Borne will also play a role in the Assembly. “She will have a voice that carries”, assures franceinfo a figure of the majority, “his experience will weigh, his ability to respond to opposition.” We already know that she will sit in the Foreign Affairs Committee. A commission that defends few pieces of legislation, which will give it time, particularly to be in the constituency. For the organizational side, his office is ready. It is one of the most comfortable, usually reserved for former Prime Ministers. She is still looking for collaborators. In the hemicycle, there was a game of musical chairs to allow him to be right at the front, a few rows from the ministers’ bench. His substitute was in what we call “the back row”, the equivalent of the back of the bus during school trips.

His return is well received by the majority. It’s not the only one. Other Macronist figures are returning, like Olivier Véran or Clément Beaune, who are taking back their places occupied by deputies unknown to the general public. All will be applauded by their troops when they return to a group meeting on Tuesday. “They took it in stride, and they served the country,” says a Renaissance MP. However, no preferential treatment can be expected. “They will be parliamentarians like the others.”