The French Junior Minister for Relations with Parliament Olivier Veran attends the opening session of the National Assembly in Paris, France, June 28, 2022. REUTERS / Sarah Meyssonnier
PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron will appoint former Health Minister Olivier Veran as the government’s new spokesman as part of a government reshuffle to be announced later Monday, Le Monde and BFM TV said.
The restructuring, which follows the June election in which Macron’s center-left alliance lost control of parliament, will leave other key roles unchanged, with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne remaining in her job, local media said.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Inter radio that he would also continue.
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Other appointments reported by French media show that Macron, who won a second term as president in April, has not chased any big names from opposition parties in the transition, something he has done in the past. This may interest you : Former US military pilot admits to acting as China’s paid agent and lying on national security forms.
Macron will need the support of other parties to get bills passed in parliament, but this change does not seem to include any government pact with parties outside his center camp.
Veran is well known to the French public after ruling France through most of the COVID-19 pandemic. Veran will replace the current government’s spokeswoman Olivia Gregoire, who won her race for a parliamentary seat in a Paris district.
Other new appointments will include Laurence Boone, OECD’s Deputy Secretary – General and Chief Economist, who will replace Clement Beaune as Minister for European Affairs, while Beaune will be the new Minister for Transport, BFM reported.
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Reporting by Tassilo Hummel, writing by Ingrid Melander; Edited by Jane Merriman
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