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The other members of Gabriel Attal’s government will be appointed “within ten days”, said government spokesperson Prisca Thévenot, Wednesday January 17, after the Council of Ministers. Asked about the timetable for the appointments of Secretaries of State, the Minister Delegate in charge of Democratic Renewal added that “it could be before”. “I am not giving you a precise date. (…) It will be next week instead”she continued.
Some 8.7 million viewers. According to figures from Médiamétrie, the press conference of President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron was followed by a total of just over 8.7 million viewers on Tuesday evening on all eight channels which broadcast it (TF1, France 2, BFMTV, CNews, LCI, franceinfo, LCP and TV5 Monde).
“Indulgence” for Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. The Head of State defended the new Minister of National Education, criticized for her justification of sending her children to private school. “The minister made a public statement that was clumsy. She apologized for it, she did the right thing”reacted Emmanuel Macron. “I have rather indulgence, because I happened to have comments, at the very beginning of my political responsibilities, which had hurt.”
Towards an overhaul of parental leave. Faced with a decline in the birth rate in France, the President of the Republic spoke of a new “birth leave” and one “great plan of struggle” against infertility. Positions that provoke a reaction on the left. “To be alarmed by infertility without being interested in the causes, such as insecticides and pesticides, we had to dare”reacted the environmentalist deputy Julien Bayou.
Critical reactions. “The big meeting with the nation has turned into yet another endless chatter”, commented Marine Le Pen, president of the National Rally group in the National Assembly, on. Her counterpart from La France insoumise, Mathilde Panot, estimated on France 2 that the head of state had “showed a deeply reactionary side” and painted the picture of a “Sepia France”.