Go from the ministerial cabinets to the hemicycle of the Palais Bourbon. This is the route that several ministers of the government of Jean Castex, who have already announced their candidacy for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, would see themselves taking. Unsurprisingly, all were invested by the presidential party Renaissance, new name of La République en Marche (LREM), during the first and second waves of nominations, Thursday May 5 and Saturday May 7. From Ardèche to the North via Val-de-Marne, franceinfo lists these aspiring ministers, while waiting for the complete list of the 577 candidates invested.
Gérald Darmanin campaigning in the North
The Minister of the Interior was invested by the Renaissance party to run for a mandate in the 10th district of the North. A territory he knows well, since there is part of the city of Tourcoing, of which he was twice elected mayor in 2014 and 2020. Gérald Darmanin had already been elected deputy for this constituency in 2012, under the banner UMP then Les Républicains.
If he were to be elected deputy while being reappointed to the future government, Gérald Darmanin should logically leave his seat to his deputy, Vincent Ledoux. The outgoing deputy, who also came from LR, is now a member of the right-wing Agir party, which has formed an alliance with Renaissance under the Together banner in support of Emmanuel Macron.
Olivier Véran seeks a second victory in Isère
Elected with the Macronist wave in 2017, Olivier Véran hopes to win again in the 1st constituency of Isère this year. The Minister of Health had left the hemicycle when entering the government, in the winter of 2020, before the Covid-19 crisis.
Two years later, the neurologist by training, who had already sat in the National Assembly between 2012 and 2015 as a substitute for Geneviève Fioraso, could remain in government. He should leave his place to his deputy, whose identity is currently unknown.
Jean-Michel Blanquer candidate in Loiret
This is an unprecedented project for the Minister of National Education. After leading a career as rector of an academy, then as general manager of school education under Nicolas Sarkozy, Jean-Michel Blanquer is embarking on his first electoral campaign. Invested by the Renaissance party, the minister with a criticized record nevertheless hopes to be elected in the 4th constituency of Loiret, which has been held by the right for more than twenty-five years. Deputy LR Jean-Pierre Door does not represent himself there.
Gabriel Attal wants to be re-elected in the Hauts-de-Seine
At 33, the government spokesman intends to recover the seat of the Palais Bourbon which he had to leave when he entered the government in 2018. Already elected deputy for the 10th district of Hauts-de-Seine in 2017, with 60.9% of the vote, Gabriel Attal is also invested by Renaissance to win in this department, where he is from.
Elisabeth Borne competing in Calvados
Direction the district of Vire-Evrecy (6and du Calvados) for the Minister of Labour. After having sat in several directorates of large groups (SNCF, Eiffage, RATP) then at the head of three different ministries (Transport, Ecology, Labour), Elisabeth Borne is starting the first electoral campaign of her life. The minister has already defended herself from everything “parachuting”. “It’s a constituency that means a lot to me, in a department (…) which is the cradle of my family”, she argued in The Free Channel.
Clément Beaune enters the race in Paris
He too will try to win a seat as a deputy for the first time. The Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, is aiming for the 7th constituency of Paris. A territory shared between the vote for Emmanuel Macron and Jean-Luc Mélenchon in the first round of the presidential election, but which had elected in 2017 the deputy of the presidential majority Pacôme Rupin. The latter having announced that he would not run for a second term, the way is clear for Clément Beaune, who has just been officially invested by Renaissance.
Marc Fesneau wants to be re-elected in Loir-et-Cher
As part of the MoDem, of which he was the president of the parliamentary group before entering the government, in 2018, Marc Fesneau is seeking his own succession in his stronghold of the 1st constituency of Loir-et-Cher. The Minister in charge of Relations with Parliament, who wanted to stand again, will be a candidate under the Together banner.
Joël Giraud represents himself in the Hautes-Alpes
Joël Giraud, Minister of Territorial Cohesion since March, wishes to be re-elected in the 2nd constituency of the Hautes-Alpes, where he has been elected since 2012. The former “mister rurality” of the government had however hinted that he would not would not stand for another term. “I will not be a candidate in the legislative elections. I returned to my 63rd year and I have always considered that the retirement of a parliamentarian should correspond to the retirement of people in everyday life”he nevertheless declared to Provencelast November.
Emmanuelle Wargon launches into the Val-de-Marne
The campaign has already started for the Minister Delegate for Housing, moreover elected regional councilor for Ile-de-France in 2021. Emmanuelle Wargon is running in the 8th constituency of Val-de-Marne and hopes to dislodge Michel Herbillon (UMP then LR), elected in this territory since 1997. A campaign that is arduous announcement for the minister. Like the other personalities on this list, she is supported by the Renaissance party. It is also his first legislative campaign.
Franck Riester wants to keep his chair in Seine-et-Marne
He had lost his Culture portfolio in 2020, recovering that of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness. Franck Riester, mayor of Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne) from 2008 to 2017, was then elected in the 5th district of the Ile-de-France department. This year, the framework of Agir, a political formation integrated into the Together coalition, is aiming for re-election.
Amélie de Montchalin hopes to win in Essonne
It is on a partially conquered ground that the current Minister of Transformation and Public Service presents herself. Indeed, after being won for a long time by the Socialist Party, the 6th constituency of Essonne rocked LREM in the legislative elections of 2017, with the election of a certain… Amélie de Montchalin. The one who recently reformed the senior civil service – National School of Administration (ENA) in the lead – sees herself returning to the Palais Bourbon, which she left in March 2019 to join the government of Edouard Philippe.
Olivier Dussopt invested in Ardèche
The Minister Delegate for Public Accounts is also part of the first wave of candidates officially invested by Renaissance. At 43, he looks like this in the 2nd district of Ardèche. A territory he knows well since he was born there and has been elected there three times in a row under the banner of the Socialist Party since 2007. However, he had to give up his seat to his deputy, Michèle Victory, when he was appointed. to the government in November 2017.
Geneviève Darrieussecq aims for re-election in the Landes
She has been there since the beginning of Emmanuel Macron’s first five-year term, in 2017. Geneviève Darrieussecq, Minister Delegate in charge of Memory and Veterans Affairs, did not mention her desire, or not, to stay in the next government. But this allergist by profession is in any case invested with the Together coalition in the 1st district of Landes, where she was elected five years ago.
Laurent Pietraszewski back in the North
He had announced it at the end of the presidential election, Renaissance confirmed it. The Secretary of State for Pensions, Laurent Pietraszewski, will stand for re-election in the 11th district of the North, where he was elected in 2017 under the colors of LREM, before giving way to his alternate. Florence Morlighem in early 2020. Uan urban constituency, made up of rather working-class municipalities, where Emmanuel Macron often won only a short head ahead of Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election.
Brigitte Bourguignon to the challenge of a third success in Pas-de-Calais
The Minister Delegate for Autonomy, Brigitte Bourguignon, was elected with the Socialist Party in 2012, then with La République en Marche in 2017. After two years in government, the former president of the Sensitive Affairs Committee of the National Assembly seeks to impose itself in the 6th district of Pas-de-Calais, where Marine Le Pen arrived far ahead of Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election (58% against 42%).
Bérangère Abba wants to win again in Haute-Marne
After a first legislative election in 2017, in the 1st constituency of Haute-Marne, Bérangère Abba was invested by Renaissance for the next election. The one who specialized in environmental subjects in the National Assembly, who became Secretary of State in charge of Biodiversity since July 2020, will have to impose herself in a territory where Marine Le Pen beat Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election, with 52.9%.
Sarah El Haïry aims to be re-elected in Loire-Atlantique
The youngest of the government, with Gabriel Attal (they were both born on March 16, 1989), spent nearly two years at the State Secretariat in charge of Youth and Engagement. From now on, after a first election in the 5th district of Loire-Atlantique, the Nantaise wishes to be re-elected with the MoDem, under the banner Together.
Brigitte Klinkert aims for the Haut-Rhin
Officially invested by Renaissance, the Minister Delegate for Insertion presents herself in the 1st district of Haut-Rhin, the department from which she originates and of which she is a departmental councillor. This campaign will certainly have a taste of deja vu for Brigitte Klinkert, elected as deputy (LR) Eric Straumann in this constituency in 2017.