France: Council of Ministers re-entry for Emmanuel Macron

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The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, at the Council of Ministers of return, September 5, 2018. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP

In France, the Council of Ministers of return was held this morning at the Elysee. Full advice after yesterday's reshuffle. The two newcomers were of course around the table: François de Rugy, in Ecology, and Roxana Maracineanu, in the Ministry of Sports. Once is not customary: the meeting opened with a speech by the Head of State in front of cameras and cameras.

With our special correspondent at the Elysée , Valérie Gas

Emmanuel Macron spoke at the beginning of the Council of Ministers to welcome the new members of the government: François de Rugy, the new minister of ecological transition and solidarity, and Roxana Maracineanu, the new Minister of Sports . But he mainly remobilized the troops in this return a little delayed.

" Many things are waiting for us with a lot of challenges," said the President of the French Republic. The semester that opens will not be quieter or more idle than the one before, with meaning to give, and it is essential, with the concrete transformations to lead and with a difficulty that goes with these great transformations, which is that nothing we have been doing for fifteen months is done for the immediate, or on the pressure of the immediate. "

The subsequent government seminar, which began in the wake of the Council of Ministers, was to take place last week. He was rejected because of the resignation of Nicolas Hulot.

A president who calls to fight

Today, the government is finally complete and the uncertainties about the withholding tax have been lifted. Edouard Philippe announced that it would be well implemented in January 2019, despite the doubts expressed by the President of the Republic.

It is therefore a very determined president who opened the debate, saying that " it is necessary at these times, at the same time, to hold, explain, and forcefully, to lead this fight. And it is in this spirit, in accordance with what we have committed, for this new school year and what we will continue for the new academic year, that I wish that the government as a whole can continue to work . "

The Head of State now hopes to turn the page of this failed comeback, announcing the continuation of the planned reforms, including the Pact law on business growth, poverty plan, pension reform. Institutional reform pushed back because of the Benalla affair remains on the agenda, according to the Elysée, but for later.