2024-09-20 07:55:48
Cover image: Journalists in front of Matignon as Michel Barnier receives the heads of political parties with the aim of forming his government, in Paris, September 19, 2024. Cyril Bitton / Special for “Le Monde”
The Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, announced on Wednesday September 19 that France will have a government “Before Sunday”. It was received in the evening at the Elysée for fifty minutes by Emmanuel Macron, who presented a list of thirty-eight ministers, including sixteen full-time ministers, the last obstacle being the ongoing procedural checks.
Among the full-time ministers, seven Macronists and three Republicans (LR), two MoDem, one Horizons and a member of the central UDI group. Among the three ministers from the right, is Bruno Retailleau, the boss of the LR committee, who should be appointed to the Ministry of the Interior, said various sources from the right and the central bloc. Laurent Wauquiez, head of the LR delegation, led by announcing that he left to join the government, after refusing the position of finance minister.
On the side of the “Macronists”, the outgoing MoDem Minister for European Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, will be proposed for foreign affairs, while the Minister of Armed Forces, Sébastien Lecornu, should be re-elected, accordingly to a central government official. .
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