Ecological transition: Christophe Béchu, an almost unknown at the head of the “ministry of the impossible”

All smiles, in a suit and tie, he hands a flocked yellow jersey to Edouard Philippe, Prime Minister at the time, and his mentor, who came to present the cycling plan in Angers. It was in 2018, and quite a symbol. The local of the stage, Christophe Béchu, mayor of this city of Maine-et-Loire, longtime teammate of the former head of government has just been appointed this Monday, July 4 Minister of Ecological Transition.