the names of the delegate ministers and secretaries of state will be revealed after the general policy speech

The final composition of the new government will not be known before January 30, France Télévisions learned from the executive.

The executive keeps the suspense going. The second wave of appointments within Gabriel Attal’s government will take place after the Prime Minister’s general policy declaration, scheduled for January 30, France Télévisions learned from the executive on Friday January 19. On Wednesday, the spokesperson attached to Matignon, Prisca Thévenot, mentioned an announcement “rather next week”even “within ten days”.

The contenders for the positions of delegated ministers and secretaries of state, as well as outgoing ministerial advisors, may have to wait until the beginning of February to decide on their fate. “It will be long”laments a former advisor to franceinfo. “We have to manage the stress of waiting, because we want to stay”, says a former minister of Elisabeth Borne, who hopes to be reappointed. In 2020, 11 secretaries of state were appointed within the government of Jean Castex after 20 days of uncertainty. This milestone could, this time, be exceeded.

Gabriel Attal brought his government together on Thursday in Matignon to prepare in a manner “collegiate” his general policy declaration, which he presents as a response to the expectations of “middle classes”. He then continued his series of interviews with “living forces” of the country, by exchanging with representatives of employers and the Les Républicains party. On Friday, he received in turn the secretary general of Force Ouvrière, Frédéric Souillot, the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, and the senator president of the centrist Union group, Hervé Marseille.