Never elected, this 61 -year -old polytechnician is a woman of files. In the eyes of Emmanuel Macron, she has an essential quality: being able to coax the left without frightening the right.
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Too “techno”, not “political” enough, too “cold” … long considered one of the favorites to join Matignon, Elisabeth Borne had seen, over the weeks, her name wear out in the race for Rumors open since the re -election of Emmanuel Macron, April 24. The hypothesis seemed almost evacuated on Monday, May 16, when the Minister of Labor, claimed representative of the Macronist left, was finally appointed Prime Minister. More than three weeks after his victory, the head of state, who presents himself as “a new president”, elected by “a new people” for a “new mandate”, therefore chose a well -known woman in the majority , synonymous with continuity. Too much, maybe.
Admittedly, Elisabeth Borne embodies by her genre a small revolution: she is the only woman to occupy such responsibility under the V e Republic since the ephemeral passage of Edith Cresson in 1991-1992 . The new tenant of Matignon did not fail, when the powers are passed with his predecessor, Jean Castex, to underline it, dedicating his appointment “to all the little girls” to call them “to go to the end of their dreams” .
But barely named was she already nicknamed the “Plan B”, as a terminal. A way to summarize the fact that his arrival represents an option without risk, little capable of arouing criticism, without however raising enthusiasm. To believe a source at the Elysée, the head of state had in mind this “courageous” woman, who has in his eyes a great “culture of the state” while knowing the world of the ‘Company, from the evening of his re -election. If he waited so long to formalize his choice, it was to leave the country a “time of democratic breathing”, quite simply. Unless it is to probe other profiles which, from Véronique Bédague to Valérie Rabault, via Catherine Vautrin, closed her door to her nose, or caused a rejection movement among her supports.
“We leave with the same”
“Change everything so as not to change anything. Three weeks of procrastination and small arrangements, without vision or perspective. With the appointment of Elisabeth Borne, we leave with the same”, mocked the president of the Republicans (LR ), Christian Jacob.
At 61, the polytechnician is not there to rush a France that is said to be fractured. Daughter of a pharmacist and orphan of father at 11, she has a highly sought -after quality by the Head of State: to be able to coax the left without frightening the right. “She undoubtedly has the necessary commitment journey to become the second Prime Minister of our country. I wish her the best for France,” praised the former presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse. In 2015, the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, described her in Liberation as” an extraordinary, amazing, human girl “and” an incredible work beast “.
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