Elisabeth Borne replaced Jean Castex and became Prime Minister of France

After a weekend dominated by the names of several former ministers, it was the Labor Minister who cracked at some executive advisers on Monday afternoon.

I just submitted my resignation letter., declared Mr. Castex after an hour -long interview with the head of state at the Élysée presidential palace. The presidency indicated that Mr. Macron accepted this resignation.

According to concordant sources within the executive, a handover of power to Mr. Castex’s successor as prime minister will take place around 7 pm local time (1 pm EDT) on Monday.

Re -elected on April 24, Mr Macron confirmed a week ago in Berlin that he already knew the name of his next prime minister, without revealing his identity, almost a month before the June 12 and 19 legislative elections.

The only hints given by the Head of State, his new Prime Minister will have a profile social, ecological at productivity.

Si Ms. Borne, a patient technician, considered honest, is regarded by those in power as having proven himself in government throughout the last five -year term, having gone through various ministries, from Transport to Labor to Ecology.

In addition to the advantage of being a woman, an option supported by 74% of French according to an IFOP poll published in Sunday newspaperthis former chief of staff of the socialist Ségolène Royal also had the merit of being included in the left wing of Emmanuel Macron’s party.

An asset at the time when new social reforms were announced, beginning with the mother of battles of pensions.

In his first term, Emmanuel Macron surprised observers by appointing Édouard Philippe, then Jean Castex, two elected officials with no experience in government.

Jean Castex, who expressed himself prime minister of administrationhas multiplied trips across France – 350 in 22 months – imprinting the image of a head of government territoriesconcerned about promoting the implementation of reforms, even if it means being completely under the national radar.

First woman in this position since 1992

If a woman were to be appointed, Edith Cresson, the sole holder of the position (1991-1992), under the presidency of the socialist François Mitterrand, would want her lots of courage within a political class macho.

The choice is more to be expected because it will confirm or not the orientation that the Head of State intends to do.

Emmanuel Macron vowed to take into account the anger expressed by many French people during the crisis of yellow vestsrevolted against its fiscal and social policy, and during the presidential election, and to change its procedure.

The composition of the new government, the identity of the great ministers, the identity of the Prime Minister can have very strong importance in legislative elections.who underlined last Sunday night on the LCI channel pollster Frédéric Dabi, of the Ifop polling institute.

But, he reminds, the impatience of the French mainly focused on issues of inflation, purchasing power, environment and security where we need to respond in the disturbing context of the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine, which favors rising energy and food prices.

So far, the presidential bloc is recognized with approximately 26% of voting intentions in legislative elections and will retain a majority in the Assembly.

However, he was challenged by a union of socialist, ecologist, communist and radical left, around Jean-Luc Mélenchon (who finished third in the first round of the presidential election), who would get 28% and the far-right Marine Le Pen, unfortunate finalist in the second round against Emmanuel Macron (24%).