Notably, there is a change in the important ministries of foreign affairs and defense, in addition to the appearance of a new ministry called the Energy Converter.
The new French government will include 17 ministers, six deputy ministers and four ministers of state under the direction of French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
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In this new cabinet, 10 ministers from the old government have been rotated to new positions, 4 ministers have kept their positions and 13 ministers are new faces, including 6 who have never been before. political experience.
The position of Foreign Minister was assigned to Catherine Colonna, French Ambassador to the UK and also minister in charge of European affairs under the late President Jacques Chirac.
The Ministry of Defense will be run by Mr. Sébastien Lecornu, 36 years old, the current minister of Overseas Territories.
The new government will have the appearance of a new ministry, the Department of Energy Conversion, led by Ms. Pannier-Runacher, the current Minister of Industry, in charge.
Overall, including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, the new French cabinet will consist of 14 men and 14 women.
Speaking on TV channel TF1, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said:
“This is first an egalitarian government, then a government balanced between some of the people who have served as ministers in recent years and new figures chosen for their ability and dedication, including faces of the left, the right and the center, or even those who have never been in politics.”
Ms. Elisabeth Borne said that the new government’s first priority is to submit to the French National Assembly a bill on purchasing power support. The main content of this bill is to support the French people with money to buy food, maintain tax policies to prevent price escalation, prolong the measure to support energy prices, increase pensions immediately. and encourage business owners to advance a bonus of 3 times the minimum wage for employees.
The new government’s policies will focus around two areas of special interest to President Emmanuel Macron, namely ecological transformation and energy transition, the French Prime Minister affirmed.
French President Emmanuel Macron and the new government led by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne will have their first working session early next week.
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