PARIS. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has tendered her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, who accepted it. A decision announced. Macron published a post on She carried out our project with the courage, commitment and determination of state women. Thank you with all my heart”.
The post is accompanied by a photo showing Borne and Macron smiling.
Liberation reports that, in his resignation letter, the now former Prime Minister Borne stated that it is “more necessary than ever to continue with the reforms” and also took note of the Head of State’s “will” to “appoint a new Prime Minister” . The name of his successor has not yet been announced. According to French media reconstructions, this is a reshuffle to relaunch Macron’s second five-year term, after the approval of the controversial immigration law in December with the support of the right and at the beginning of a year that will be marked by the Games Paris Olympics. In the last few hours, several names have been circulating for Borne’s succession: the Minister of Education Gabriel Attal, who according to a survey by Odoxa-Backbone Consulting for Le Figaro he is the big favorite among government members, former Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie and Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu.