French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday chose the Minister of Labor Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister when he prepared for the legislative election in June, the second time in 30 years a woman had been appointed for the job.
Previously on that day, Prime Minister Jean Castex handed over his resignation, opening the way to repair the cabinet after the Macron re -election in April.
Macron, who needs to show that he has heard the frustration of voters expressed with a low number of voters and large support for the far right and far left, has sought the prime minister with green and social policy credentials.
Such a profile can help fight the challenges installed by the left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon which reaches a strong third place in the presidential election, giving him the opportunity to collect the broad coalition of parties leaning to the left in parliament 12-19 June 12-19 June 12 -19 select.
Borne, 61, will be the first woman named the Prime Minister since Edith Crsson briefly occupied the office during the presidency of socialist leader Francois Mitterrand in the early 1990s.
A career bureaucrat who spoke softly serving many Socialist Party Ministers before joining the Macron government, Borne had a short task as Minister of Environment in 2019 when he pushed through bicycle -friendly policies.
He then took over the Ministry of Labor and supervised negotiations with trade unions which resulted in slaughtering unemployment allowances for several job seekers.
In his Arloj, unemployment dropped to the lowest level in 15 years and unemployment of young people to the lowest level in 40 years.
Deep borne knowledge about the way the state works will help Macron encourage more difficult reforms. He will be assigned to stare at the French muscle union to oversee the promise of the most contested election: Increase retirement age.
He is really a work crazy, someone who can push until 3 am and return again at 7 am,” said a former staff who was transmitted.
A wise technocrat who has never nominated himself for public office, Borne burned his credentials as a steel negotiator against trade unions during Macron’s first term of office.
As Minister of Transportation in 2017, he survived against strikes and demonstrations on weeks to end the pension system and generous benefits for SNCF railroad workers.