A first major trip for the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Stéphane Séjourné arrived in kyiv on Saturday January 13 to meet Volodymyr Zelensky. “Helping Ukraine means guaranteeing the victory of democracy”, declared the new holder of the post on Friday during his handover of power. He also announced that he would go “in the coming days in Berlin and Warsaw”. Follow our live stream.
Gabriel Attal goes to a hospital in Dijon. The Prime Minister is going to Dijon (Côte-d’Or) on Saturday for a trip on the theme of health, the government wrote in a press release. In particular, he is due to visit the city’s University Hospital Center at the start of the afternoon, alongside Catherine Vautrin, the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity.
Christophe Béchu wins the attribution of the negotiations for COP29. The Minister of Ecological Transition has been given the opportunity to take care of climate negotiations for the next COP29, AFP learned on Saturday from his office. An attribution not so obvious since Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, recovered the energy portfolio thanks to the reshuffle. Decrees of attribution must clarify in the days to come the distribution of tasks between the various ministries.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra explains her choice of private care for her children. Barely appointed, the Minister of Education, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra faced her first controversy on Friday by justifying her decision to transfer her children from the public to the private sector by her “frustration” in front “packages of hours” teaching not replaced during teacher absences. The arguments put forward by the minister immediately sparked political controversy. Teachers’ unions also reacted strongly. “Lunar and provocative remarks, against the public education service and its staff”commented on Sophie Vénétitay, general secretary of Snes-FSU.
Emmanuel Macron will bring together the majority parliamentarians on Monday. The President of the Republic will meet on Monday “the parliamentarians of the majority and those who support it” in the presence of the government of Gabriel Attal, the Elysée announced on Friday. This meeting should precede an official speech of the President of the Republic, provided for in “beginning of the week next”a few days before Gabriel Attal’s general policy declaration.