The transfer of power between Elisabeth Borne and the new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, will take place at 2:30 p.m. the services of the resigning Prime Minister announced on Tuesday, January 9. The old and new heads of government will have an interview before this handover. The Elysée has confirmed that Gabriel Attal succeeded Elisabeth Borne, who presented the resignation of her government to Emmanuel Macron on Monday. Lhe first trip of Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister should be to Pas-de-Calais, affected by floods, the political service of France Télévisions has also learned. Follow our live stream.
Emmanuel Macron says he is counting on the “commitment” of Gabriel Attal. “JI know I can count on your energy and your commitment to implement the rearmament and regeneration project that I announced. In fidelity to the spirit of 2017: surpassing and audacity. In the service of the Nation and the French”wrote the head of state on X.
Gabriel Attal becomes the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. Never has such a young Prime Minister been appointed to Matignon. Aged 34 years and almost 10 months, the former Minister of National Education is three years younger than Laurent Fabius when he was appointed by François Mitterrand in 1984.
A nomination welcomed by the majority. “I wish all my best wishes to Gabriel Attal, new Prime Minister”writes Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of the National Assembly, on “Congratulations” to the new Prime Minister.
The oppositions are not convinced. The rebellious leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, taxes X Gabriel Attal of “spokesperson”, position he held during Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term. For Marine Le Pen, “the French can hope for nothing” of the new Prime Minister. The president of the National Rally group describes on “childish ballet of ambitions and egos”.
Elisabeth Borne calls for “continuing reforms”. In her resignation letter given to Emmanuel Macron and consulted by franceinfo, the outgoing Prime Minister judges “more necessary than ever to continue reforms in order to give everyone within the Republic a chance and prospects and to build a stronger and fairer France in a more sovereign Europe.”