The Matignon tenant is preparing his departure before an imminent reshuffle. Upon the return of Emmanuel Macron, on the move this Sunday, May 15, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, Jean Castex should present his resignation and that of his government.
The appointment of a new Prime Minister, followed by that of the government, is expected from Monday, already three weeks after his re-election.
The government website even mistakenly posted on Saturday morningbefore withdrawing it, a page announcing the resignation of the Castex government.
A “very classic” resignation letter
In the meantime, the Prime Minister is preparing his boxes and his letter of resignation is ready: “Very simple, very classic”told Sunday the Parisian Jean Castex, who claims to leave “without remorse or regret”.
“You can recognize me for never having been intrigued to be here, let alone for having used my functions for my future career. So, I am not asking for absolutely anything, no ministerial position”he assured.
Jean Castex was forced to give up his final trip to the Vatican at the last momentreplaced by Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin for the canonization of explorer and then hermit Charles de Foucauld.
Because the two heads of the executive cannot be outside the territory at the same time. However, Emmanuel Macron went to the United Arab Emirates, a strategic partner, to pay tribute to the president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, who died on Friday. He will receive Monday at lunch the President of the European Council Charles Michel.
“Do not seal the message”
As with the Castex government in 2020, the head of state allowed speculation to flourish: “The soap opera of the succession of Jean Castex does not end”impatient political scientist Bruno Cautrès (Cevipof), who finds this delay ” very surprising “.
“Perhaps it’s also a tactic from the head of state, to gradually prepare public opinion for a new cast”advanced on France info the director of research at the CNRS.
According to him, there is also “the idea of not stopping the message that will be sent by the new cast because, in a few weeks, the new government or new ministers have time to make decisions, to make statements that do not necessarily please”.
The head of the Modem, François Bayrou, an ally of Emmanuel Macron, justified to the RTL-LCI-Le Figaro Grand Jury on Sunday: “It is not useless to have a period to put things in order and think about a new team”.
Claiming not to know the name of the future head of government, he supported the idea that it was a woman, as relatives of Emmanuel Macron suggested.
Edith Cresson, the only one to have held the post of Prime Minister from May 1991 to April 1992, during François Mitterrand’s second seven-year term, wish him in advance ” a lot of courage “in an interview with JDD.
“Macho” political class
“It is not the country that is macho: it is its political class. These are the same attacks as today. They lent me words that I had never said, they threw constant criticism at me, they made comments about my dress “says the former socialist leader.
After those of the Minister of Labor Élisabeth Bornethe name that comes back with insistence to succeed him is that of Catherine Vautrin, former Minister of Social Cohesion of Jacques Chirac, who had supported Emmanuel Macron before the 1st round.
“She is a woman of unquestionable quality” more ” is she ready to renounce all the ideas that she has defended for so long “by taking” this additional step to apply a policy that would be totally contrary to what she has defended for years? »criticized LR MEP Nadine Morano on Europe 1.
Also points to the name of the Vice-President of the Senate Valérie Letard, stamped “baby Borloo” for having started in politics in Valenciennes alongside the centrist Jean-Louis Borloo, before being Secretary of State in charge of green technologies in his ministry. of Ecology from 2009 to 2010, within the Fillon government. She also ticks the “Social housing” since she was Secretary of State for Solidarity in the same Fillon government from 2007 to 2009.
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