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French prime minister and government resign
By
EUOBSERVER
TODAY,
10:27
French
president Emmanuel Macron has accepted the resignation of prime minister
Edouard Philippe and his government on Friday, the Elysée said in a statement.
After the victory of the Greens in Lyon, Bordeaux and Marseilles in elections
last weekend, Macron announced he wanted to take "a new way" with
"a new team". Philippe became prime minister on 15 May 2017, after
having resigned as mayor of Le Havre.
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French prime minister, government resign
Move comes in the wake of disappointing results for
Emmanuel Macron’s La République En Marche party in local elections.
By RYM
MOMTAZ 7/3/20, 9:34 AM CET Updated 7/3/20, 10:11 AM CET
PARIS —
French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister on Friday,
after Edouard Philippe and his government resigned earlier in the day.
"A new
prime minister will be appointed in the coming hours,” an official in Macron’s
office said.
Earlier,
Macron's office said in a press release: "Mr. Edouard Philippe submitted
the resignation of the government to the president of the Republic, which he
[Macron] has accepted."
Current
ministers will remain in-post until a new government is named. The French
president appoints the prime minister, who then nominates the rest of the
government.
The
reshuffle is part of Macron's efforts to reset his presidency after the
coronavirus crisis, and comes in the wake of a disappointing result for his La
République En Marche party in local elections on Sunday. The Greens, meanwhile,
conquered some of France's biggest cities in the ballots.
Macron has
been hinting at a reshuffle and a pivot to greener and more social policies for
several weeks, but wouldn't say whether he planned on keeping Philippe.
This
article has been updated.
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