“without change”, “to the right”, “the stunted macronie”… The reactions of the opposition to the reshuffle

While the composition of the government was detailed on Thursday, reactions from the opposition are increasing.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra Minister of National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympics, Rachida Dati at the Ministry of Culture and Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity. The full ministers of the Attal government were announced Thursday January 11 by Alexis Kholer, secretary general of the Élysée.

For the National Rally, “the ministers fall back on the same seat”

This is a “game of musical chairs where ministers land on the same seat”, written on X Laure Lavalette, spokesperson for the National Rally in the National Assembly. The MP from Var criticizes the new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, who “invents the reshuffle without change”while “Meanwhile, French people’s electricity bills continue to rise.”

The president of Reconquête, Eric Zemmour, believes thathe “There will soon be more Republican voters for Reconquête than for the Republicans.” And he adds: “We welcome these sincere French people with joy.”

Republicans exclude Rachida Dati from the party

Eric Ciotti, president of the Republicans, announced in the wake of the reshuffle the exclusion of the new Minister of Culture from the right-wing party. “Rachida Dati made the choice to enter the Government. She places herself outside our political family. She is no longer part of the Republicans. We are in the opposition, so we draw the consequences of her choice with regret”.

The Republican spokesperson confirms Eric Ciotti’s position. On his X account, Guilhem Carayon criticizes: “Rachida Dati disgraces herself alone this evening (…). To opportunism, I will always prefer constancy, clarity and convictions.”

The left denounces “a communication stunt”

“Tonight, you have the demonstration of what a communication stunt is”for his part annoys the First Secretary of the PS Olivier Faure on franceinfo, while several former ministers have kept their portfolio. “Regeneration is all ministers from the Sarkozy government”like Rachida Dati in Culture, adds Olivier Faure.

Nupes MP Sandrine Rousseau highlights, on X, a shift “to the right” and denounces the absence of women at the head of state ministries. “No woman in a regal ministry. We are here, in the fresh air, relaxed about the great cause.”