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The transfers of power have been linked since the appointment of the new government on Friday, May 20. They will therefore be 27 around Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on the occasion of the first Council of Ministers which will take place on Monday 23 May.
The great ball of handovers started Friday, May 20 continues. The next morning, change of tenant at the Ministry of Health. On leaving, Minister Olivier Véran compares this period experienced by the passengers of the Titanic. “I’m proud of you, the iceberg was big, the water was very cold but there was room on the board”, did he declare. Far from being the best known to the general public, the former socialist Brigitte Bourguignon: “You may not yet know all my convictions in terms of local health, accessible to all (…) I often hear the same problems”.
Promotion also for the former government spokesman, Gabriel Attal. At only 33 years old, he replaces Olivier Dussopt with Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of the Economy, as Minister of Public Accounts. With a priority: after whatever it costs, the reduction of deficits. At the Quai d’Orsay, Jean-Yves Le Drian, minister without interruption for ten years, will leave the government. It is Catherine Colonna who will take her place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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