One of the key elements of the new government that symbolizes this ideological turn to the right is the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, of the so-called “hard right.” In turn, thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the right-wing government.
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed the president on Saturday members of the new government with a color mostly rightat the suggestion of the Conservative Prime Minister, Michel Barniertwo and a half months after the elections he had called in advance. The new executive transfers the portfolios of Interior, Agriculture, Health, Culture and Education to ministers of the right.
One of the key components of the new government that symbolizes this ideological turn to the right is the Minister of the Interior. Bruno RetailleauUntil now, head of the Republicans (LR, Barnier’s party) Senate group, known for his particularly tough positions on immigration. He is also in favor of strengthening border controls in the European Union.
Born 63 years ago in the historically right-wing town of Cholet, Vendée, he has been a representative of that department throughout his political career, which began in the 1980s.
Among the names mentioned by the Secretary General of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler, when communicating the list, there is also a single figure from the left, the one who was a socialist deputy for almost 22 years, Didier Migaudappointed as member of the Justice portfolio.
For his part, Jean-Noël Barrot, a 41-year-old economist who has been involved in politics since his youth, will become the new head of French diplomacy, after being promoted in the new government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier, from the European Affairs portfolio that had been occupied since March.
Demonstrations in France
On the other hand, several left-wing parties and organizations organized demonstrations this Saturday in fifty French cities against the new government of the conservative prime minister, calls that were made before Michel Barnier announced its composition.
The marches, in many cases organised on the initiative of student and feminist organisations, supported in particular by La Francia Insumisa (LFI) of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and by ecologists, have been held in the morning in places such as Caen or Bordeaux, but most have been in the afternoon, such as the one in Paris, the largest.
“Macron, resign” was the slogan most visible on the banners and in the slogans shouted by the demonstrators (3,200, according to the police prefecture).
Source: EITB
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