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The Barnier authorities was born. The prime minister introduced yesterday, sixteen days after his appointment, the checklist of ministers, however didn’t resolve the doubts concerning the stability of the chief. The doubts that had been expressed in the previous few days by the centrist political forces, Macronians and Democrats who additionally assist the federal government, don’t appear to have had a transparent reply.

Macronians and Democrats have been thus unable to persuade Michel Barnier to resign the nomination of Bruno Retailleau, judged too conservative, particularly when it comes to rights, as Minister of the Interior. Laurence Garnier, initially indicated as minister delegate (basically undersecretary) for the Family, regardless of her “closures” on homosexual marriage, abortion and assisted fertilization for homosexual {couples}, will as a substitute be minister delegate for Consumption.

President Emmanuel Macron has obtained that the outgoing Minister of Defense, Sébastien Lecornu, be confirmed whereas Foreign Affairs, a ministry till now occupied by Stéphane Sejourné, indicated as European Commissioner rather than Thierry Breton, has been entrusted to the Democrat Jean-Noël Barrot, till now president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Assembly. The Ministry of Economy and Finance, which at a sure level appeared to be divided in two, has additionally been entrusted to a Macronian, Antoine Armand. Similarly, Labor has been entrusted to Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, a collaborator of Macron since 2017 and a former socialist. Agnès Pannier-Runacher, undersecretary within the Attal authorities, will as a substitute be Minister of Ecological Transition and Energy, and Anne Genetet Minister of National Education. The authorities spokesperson would be the Macronian deputy Maud Bregeon,

Surprisingly, the Ministry of Justice was entrusted to Didier Migaud, till now High Representative for Transparency in Public Life, however for a few years a Socialist MP. Barnier has subsequently successfully bowed to the veto of the Le Penists in the direction of the previous Minister of Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti (in addition to in the direction of the Gaullist Bertrand Xavier) however with a selection that in a roundabout way “save appearances” and will even displease the Rassemblement National.

In addition to the Interior, the Républicains – who have been overrepresented in a primary checklist, rejected by Macron – shall be answerable for the Ministry of Culture, which has been confirmed by Rachida Dati, “lent”, not with out some dispute, to the Attal authorities. The Department of Higher Education and Research has been entrusted to Patrick Hetzel, whereas Agriculture – a strategic ministry for relations with the prolonged France of campaignscontested between republicans and socialists, threatened by the lepenists – will go Annie Genevard. President Emmanuel Macron has referred to as the brand new authorities for a council of ministers on Monday afternoon at 3 p.m., the Elysée introduced.