Emmanuel Macron appointed low-profile conservative Jean Castex as his prime minister on Friday, in a move that means the French president is effectively betting the house on himself
as his prime minister on Friday, in a move that means the French president is effectively betting the house on himself.
"There’s a period of [socio-economic] reconstruction to lead," said an official in Macron's office. "He [the president] is setting off with a new man for a new phase on a new path that he has laid out." Despite promising since March that he would "reinvent" himself and sending signals of a shift to focus more on social and green policies, Macron is instead doubling down on a course that is widely seen as center-right in economic terms.
The new prime minister started his political career with conservative heavyweight Xavier Bertrand, first as his head of cabinet at the health ministry and later in the labor ministry in the 2000s. At a ceremonial handover of power, both Philippe and Castex had very warm words to say about one another. “You will know how to face decisions that are sometimes difficult, and make the right decisions,” Philippe told Castex.
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