After a few weeks of vacillation between the Élysée and Matignon, the Borne 2 government will meet in full this Friday, July 21, with President Macron in the Council of Ministers.
No major upheavals, with the exception of two or three ministers fired and two or three others integrated. In the end, it’s business as usual. The Borne 2 government will resemble the Borne 1 government: insipid and tasteless.
Marlène Schiappa, Pap Ndiaye, François Braun sacked
To sum up. Marlène Schiappa, former Secretary of State for the Social Economy, is fired. The Élysée and Matignon did not appreciate her interview in the glamour magazine Playboy. Then there was the Marianne fund scandal, in which she completely discredited herself. Exit then.
Pap Ndiaye never succeeded in imposing himself in this great Ministry of National Education. He made several major blunders, the last of which was accusing billionaire Vincent Bolloré and journalists from CNews and Europe 1 of being far-right. Redhibitory.
François Braun, an emergency doctor from Moselle, was sacked for his poor health record as head of the Ministry during the Covid crisis.
Olivier Klein, an unknown figure who until now had been Minister Delegate for Towns and Housing, leaves his post.
The new appointees
Gabriel Attal, previously Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts, leaves Bercy for Rue de Grenelle. A fine promotion for this loyal follower of the French President, who takes over from Pap Ndiaye.
Aurélien Rousseau, former chief of staff to Élisabeth Borne, becomes Minister of Health. Philippe Vigier, MP (MoDem), becomes Minister Delegate for Overseas France. Aurore Bergé, president of the Renaissance group in the French National Assembly, is appointed Minister for Solidarity (replacing Marlène Schiappa). Patrice Vergriete, Mayor of Dunkerque, becomes Minister for Housing, replacing Olivier Klein.
Renaissance MP Fadila Khattabi has been appointed Minister Delegate for the Disabled. Bouches-du-Rhône MP Sabrina Agresti-Roubache has been appointed Minister Delegate for Urban Affairs.
The entire new government will attend the first Council of Ministers meeting at the Élysée Palace on Friday.
Let’s get to work!
The new government
The composition of the Government resulting from the decree signed today on the proposal of the Prime Minister, responsible for Ecological and Energy Planning, is as follows:
Bruno LE MAIRE, Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty;
Gérald DARMANIN, Minister of the Interior and Overseas France;
Catherine COLONNA, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs;
Éric DUPOND-MORETTI, Minister of Justice;
Sébastien LECORNU, Minister for the Armed Forces ;
Olivier DUSSOPT, Minister of Labor, Employment and Integration;
Gabriel ATTAL, Minister of National Education and Youth;
Sylvie RETAILLEAU, Minister of Higher Education and Research;
Marc FESNEAU, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty;
Christophe BÉCHU, Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion ;
Agnès PANNIER-RUNACHER, Minister for Energy Transition ;
Rima ABDUL-MALAK, Minister of Culture;
Aurélien ROUSSEAU, Minister of Health and Prevention;
Aurore BERGÉ, Minister for Solidarity and Families;
Stanislas GUERINI, Minister for Public Transformation and the Civil Service;
Amélie OUDÉA-CASTÉRA, Minister for Sport and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Games.
The following are appointed Ministers Delegate:
To the Prime Minister :
Olivier VÉRAN, in charge of Democratic Renewal, Government Spokesman;
Franck RIESTER, in charge of Relations with Parliament;
Bérangère COUILLARD, in charge of Equality between women and men and the fight against discrimination;
For the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty:
Roland LESCURE, in charge of Industry ;
Jean-Noël BARROT, in charge of the Digital Sector;
Olivia GRÉGOIRE, in charge of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Trade, Crafts and Tourism;
Thomas CAZENAVE, in charge of Public Accounts;
For the Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories and the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion:
Dominique FAURE, in charge of Collectivités territoriales et de la Ruralité ;
For the Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories:
Philippe VIGIER, in charge of Overseas France;
For the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs :
Olivier BECHT, in charge of Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and the French Abroad,
For the Minister of Labor, Employment and Integration and the Minister of National Education and Youth:
Carole GRANDJEAN, in charge of Vocational Education and Training,
To the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion:
Clément BEAUNE, in charge of Transport ;
Patrice VERGRIETE, in charge of Housing;
For the Minister of Health and Prevention:
Agnès FIRMIN LE BODO, in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions
Professions ;
To the Minister of Solidarity and Families:
Fadila KHATTABI, in charge of the Disabled.
The following are appointed Secretaries of State:
To the Prime Minister :
Charlotte CAUBEL, in charge of Childhood ;
Hervé BERVILLE, in charge of the Sea;
To the Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories and the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion:
Ms Sabrina AGRESTI-ROUBACHE, in charge of Urban Affairs;
For the Minister of the Interior and Overseas France:
Sonia BACKÈS, in charge of Citizenship;
For the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs :
Laurence BOONE, in charge of Europe ;
Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU, in charge of Development, Francophonie and
International Partnerships;
For the Minister of the Armed Forces and the Minister of National Education and Youth:
Prisca THEVENOT, in charge of Youth and Universal National Service;
For the Minister of the Armed Forces:
Patricia MIRALLÈS, in charge of Veterans and Remembrance;
For the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion:
Sarah EL HAÏRY, in charge of Biodiversity.
The President of the Republic will convene a Council of Ministers meeting on Friday July 21 at 11:00 am.