French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed this Saturday as prime minister to Elisabeth Bornewhose fate had been the subject of speculation since the presidential party lost its legislative majority in the June 19 elections.
In an interview with AFP, Macron indicated that he had “decided to confirm (his) confidence in Elizabeth Borne“, who had been asked to reflect on a “new government of action” for the beginning of July.
The French president, who had just spoken with her, said that he had asked her to sound out the political groups in the National Assembly next week on a “government agreement,” including her participation in a government, her position on a vote of confidence in Borne on July 5, and also on the state budget vote next fall.
“On my return (from the summits) of the G7 and of the NATO (held until Thursday), the Prime Minister will present me with proposals for a roadmap for the government of France in the coming months and years, and also for the composition of a new government of action at the service of France that we will put in place in the first days of July,” he added.
Representatives of political forces willing to cooperate with the majority could join this government.
Nevertheless, Macron He stressed that these debates will take place within the “framework of the presidential project and that of the presidential majority, which may be modified or enriched”.
The red line is to raise “neither taxes nor debt.”
Despite its setback in legislative elections, Macron He has not given up on the pension reform, which was set aside with the start of the pandemic.
The reform aims to “work longer as all our neighbors do, taking into account the working conditions and, therefore, the standards of difficulty, taking into account long careers,” he said.
Together with the reform towards full employment, they are “the two great reforms that we must carry out in consultation, without totems or taboos, but maintaining a course of ambition”.
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