The main task of the president towards Prime Minister Borne is to mobilize the party and its allies to win the parliamentary elections in June
French President Emmanuel Macron and new Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne asked journalists on Thursday for some patience, wondering who will be part of the new executive. “The work continues seriously. But it is not a light thing. It takes time and in-depth discussions. Well, it’s about the government of France,” said Macron, who received the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, at the Elysee Palace this Thursday. “We are taking the necessary time” to form the new team, because “we have the wanting (or having) the best with the best talents,” Borne explained in his first posting in Les Mureaux, northwest of Paris.
The secretary-general of the Elysée Palace, Alexis Kohler, will announce in the coming hours or days the list of ministers, who, according to the constitution, are appointed by the president on the proposal of the prime minister. After the formation of the new government team, one of Borne’s first missions will be to mobilize Macron’s party and its allies to win the parliamentary elections on June 12 and 19. His goal: to achieve the largest possible majority in the National Assembly to implement the “clear and ambitious” program announced by the president for his second term.
Despite being named prime minister, Borne is running for the June parliamentary elections. He will fight for a seat in the Calvados constituency. It will be the first time he appears in an election. Until now, he had developed his professional career in public administration, ministries and large public companies. She is expected to be elected deputy as it is a constituency that votes for Macron. If he loses, his days in Matignon could be numbered.
Macron and Borne, who discussed the composition of the new government this week, know each other well. Borne, the second woman to hold the post of prime minister in France’s history, has been minister three times during Macron’s first term: of Transport, of Ecological Transition and since July 2020 she was in charge of Labour.
Aurélien Rousseau, former director general of the regional health agency of Île de France (Paris region), has been appointed chief of staff to Matignon. Rousseau, 45, was deputy director in the cabinets of socialist prime ministers Manuel Valls and Bernard Cazeneuve. He and Borne got to know each other when they both worked in the Paris City Hall.
The formation of the new government and the parliamentary elections in June are not the only challenges Borne will face once he took office. Even before he sat down in his new office in Matignon, Macron already gave him homework. “Ecology, health, education, full employment, democratic revival, Europe and security” will be the priorities for his second term.
Borne and his Executive will also have to address the issue of the loss of purchasing power – the main concern of citizens – and fight inflation. The new government is expected to maintain the so-called energy “tariff shield” until the end of the year, which has blocked the rise in electricity and gas prices.
The prime minister faces the explosive pension reform, parked by Macron in his first term due to the health crisis. The president wants to gradually raise the retirement age from 62 to 65 years. When the French government tried in 2020, it faced a massive wave of protests against “the mother of all reforms”.
Ecology will also be one of the new Prime Minister’s priorities. “We need to act faster and stronger” in the face of “the climate and environmental challenge,” he said during the transfer of power with Jean Castex, his predecessor in the position. Borne is well aware of the file, as she was Minister of Ecological Transition and before that cabinet director of Ségolène Royal at the Ministry of Ecology.
Source: La Verdad
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