On January 8, 2024, Bornet, the second female prime minister in French history, submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron, and the French cabinet faced a reshuffle.
Bornet, 62, has been prime minister for 20 months, and during her one-year and eight-month tenure in office, she has managed to push through some difficult legislation, notably the highly unpopular pension reform and controversial immigration laws.
In the face of his resignation, Macron accepted it and posted on social media to thank Borne for the work he did during his tenure as prime minister.
Macron said: Madam Prime Minister, dear Elisabeth Bornet, your contribution to our country is exemplary every day. You have demonstrated the courage, commitment and determination of women politicians to drive our reforms. For that, I would like to express my sincere gratitude.
In the evening of the same day, the appointment of the new prime minister was not immediately announced at the Elysee Palace, the presidential palace, but various gossip had already begun in the media and in the market. There is speculation that Gabriel Attal, a former government spokesman and current education minister, is the most likely to succeed him as prime minister. In doing so, he will become the youngest prime minister of the French Fifth Republic.
The young man, known as the "good student" or "the best embodiment of Macronist genes", joined the government in 2017 as a spokesperson and rose through the ranks of his career.
Gabriel Attar, born in 1989, has been a top student since he was a child. In 2006, at the age of 17, he took part in a protest against French youth, marking his step towards a political career. And the reason turned out to be that he was tired of the far-right Marie Lepo's mother, and he had to do something to save France.
(Attar in childhood)
Then, after graduating from Sciences Po in Paris in 2012, the 23-year-old Attar became an adviser to the government of the Minister of Health, ran for the provincial assembly at the age of 28, and became the youngest minister in French history at the age of 29.
During the epidemic in 2020, after former government spokesman Sibes Ndiaye was involved in the smokegate scandal, Atal was appointed as the spokesman of the French government.
(In May 2020, news footage showed then-government spokesperson Sibes Ndiaye refusing to wear a mask and smoking a cigarette in her office.)
In 2022, he was appointed Minister of Public Action and Accounting of France, and in July 2023, at the age of 34, he took office as Minister of Education of France.
When Attar appeared in front of the public as a government spokesman in 2020, it caused a sensation! 31-year-old Xiao Xianrou, with a solid family background, and his appearance is still so online, such an excellent little brother is so popular with girls!
However, he is a gay and has signed a cohabitation agreement with his boyfriend. His boyfriend, Stéphane Séjourné, is also a politician and was a political adviser to Macron during his presidential campaign. In life, they are partners who love each other, and at work they are Macron's right-hand man.
(The two have very low-key private lives and rarely appear together in public.) The picture shows one of the few pictures that can be found on the Internet with the same frame, Attar on the left, Sejourne on the right)
French girls have said: Such a handsome little brother, even if he is gay, he has handed himself over to the state, how can he be embarrassed!
If nothing else, the French presidential palace will announce a new prime minister tonight, and as for whether it is Gabriel Attar or not?
Finally, the original French text of Prime Minister Bornet's resignation and the translation are attached!
Ao and Wa and!
| Mr. President of the Republic, You have told me that you want to appoint a new Prime Minister. For nearly twenty months, I have had the honour of leading a government team that has driven with determination reforms that are essential for our country and our citizens. Thanks to the work of the ministers and their administrations, to whom I would like to pay tribute here. I have worked to ensure that the financial texts are adopted, under unprecedented conditions in Parliament, including the pension reform, the law on immigration and more than fifty laws that respond to the challenges of our country and the concerns of the French people. Apart from financial texts, we have been able to build project majorities in the spirit of overcoming your election in 2017. Moreover, in accordance with the mission you have entrusted to me, I am proud that France now has comprehensive and robust ecological planning. As we agreed at our last meeting, it is more necessary than ever to pursue reforms in order to give everyone in the Republic a chance and prospects and to build a stronger and fairer France in a more sovereign Europe. As I have to submit the resignation of my Government, I wanted to tell you how passionate I have been about this mission, guided by the constant concern, which we share, to achieve rapid and tangible results for our fellow citizens. Thank you, once again, for the trust you have placed in me since 2017. I wish you every success for the rest of your five-year term and ask you to believe. Mr. President of the Republic, in the expression of my highest consideration. Translation: Dear Mr. President of the Republic, You have been notified that you would like to appoint a new Prime Minister. For nearly two decades, I have had the privilege of leading a team of government that has been steadfast in carrying out vital reforms for our country and our fellow citizens. Here, I would like to pay tribute to the work of the Ministers and their ministries that have made it possible for me to promote the passage of a series of fiscal bills that have been difficult in Parliament, including pension reform, immigration law reform and more than 50 laws and regulations that address the challenges facing the continent and that concern the French. In addition to the Finance Act, we have completed a number of major projects in the spirit of transcending partisan differences, which you championed when you were elected in 2017. In addition, in line with the mission you have given me, I am proud that France now has a comprehensive and robust ecological plan. As we agreed at the last talks, it is now more urgent than ever to continue the reforms in order to give every citizen of the republic the opportunity and the prospect of building a stronger and fairer France on top of a more sovereign Europe. As I have to submit my resignation to my Government, I want to tell you that I am passionate about this mission and that we are always focused on achieving fast, tangible results for our fellow citizens. Thank you again for believing in me since 2017. I wish you all the best and wish you success in your upcoming presidency. Assured, Mr. President of the French Republic, I have the highest respect for you. |