Reshuffles: Column, Bon, Veran… ball of outgoing ministers

While some are celebrating their government appointments, others are packing their bags in anticipation of a possible second wave of appointments. At the moment, leading ministries are already seeing their current president leave their portfolios: Rima Abdoul-Malak is losing culture, Catherine Colonna is being replaced as Foreign Minister, Olivier Dussop is no longer Minister of Labor and Agnès Firmin-Le Baudot is leaving the Ministry of Health. Frank Riester has also been replaced in the Ministry of Relations with Parliament. Clement Beaune lost his place in Transport.

There are people like Bon or Abdul-Malak who seem to be paying the price for disagreeing with Emmanuel Macron over their positions. For the first time against the immigration law, after forming a group of disgruntled ministers and even questioning his resignation. In the case of Gerard Depardieu, the second. Others, such as Frank Riester or Catherine Colonna, never managed to make their mark. A small surprise for a resident of the Quai d’Orsay, who suspended her activities but thought she could save her head. She was still planning trips to Poland, Ukraine, then New York.

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What is even more surprising is that stalwarts such as Stanislas Guerini (Public Services) and Agnès Pannier-Runacher (Energy Transition) no longer have a seat at the Council of Ministers table for the time being. Recently, at a free hearing in the courts, Agnès Firmin-Le Baudot (Health) was replaced by Catherine Vautrin, who also takes over the ministry of Olivier Dussopt. Government spokesman Olivier Veran will be replaced by former Secretary of State for Youth Prisca Thévenot. However, it may return to normal in the European elections.

Finally, a host of outgoing ministers and secretaries of state can still hope to have their names mentioned in the second wave of appointments: Roland Lescure (Industry), Jean-Noël Barrault (Digital Technologies), Thomas Cazenave (Public Records), Olivia Grégoire (Commerce), Sarah El Khairy (Biodiversity)… On Thursday evening on TF1, Gabriel Attal, however, insisted on the importance of limited government, guaranteeing, in his words, “energy” and “efficiency.”