One of the closest collaborators of Emmanuel Macron, hitherto secretary of state in charge of European affairs, is appointed Minister Delegate in the first Borne government.
Le Monde
Clément Beaune, is appointed Minister Delegate Delegate in charge of Europe in the first government of Elisabeth Borne, according to the announcement made by the secretary general of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler Friday, May 20.
At 40, this graduate of Sciences Po and ENA (it belongs to the same promotion as Aurélien Rousseau, the director of the Cabinet of Elisabeth Borne) carried out his whole career in the public service . “He is a man of trust of the president,” sums up the macronist MEP Nathalie Loiseau, former secretary of state in charge of European affairs. For three years, from 2017 to 2020, Clément Beaune traveled the chancelleries in the wake of the Head of State as an advisor during the G20 summits and European summits. A prestigious position for this former student of the College of Europe, considered with distrust by certain diplomats because he did not come from the Quai d’Orsay. Recognized for his mastery of files and his calm, he was able to impose himself, both within the Elysée and in European capitals.
a year at the Socialist Party
His proximity to Emmanuel Macron dates back to Bercy’s time, when Clément Beaune was in charge of European affairs within the cabinet of the future head of state, Minister of the Economy between 2014 and 2016. Previously, he had shown rather An interest in the left. Son of a nurse and a teacher-researcher in medicine (“very Mitterrand”), Clément Beaune is not an activist proper. Just did he spend a year at the Socialist Party after the blast for the left of Jean-Marie Le Pen’s accession to the second round of the presidential election in 2002.
Subsequently, he quickly approached the microparti the modern left of Jean-Marie Bockel, who had not yet become Minister of Nicolas Sarkozy. Among the themes that are close to his heart: the fight against homophobia. He thus evokes his homosexuality in 2020 in an interview with Têtu magazine for the 25th anniversary of the magazine and announces his intention to go to one of the “free of LGBT” areas in Poland. During a trip to this country in March 2021, he tried to keep this commitment but denounced the attitude of the local authorities, which would have prevented him from carrying out this trip, which caused a diplomatic friction with Warsaw.
Clément Beaune did not hesitate to zealously defend the action of the Head of State. In September 2021, in an interview with the world, he ensures that the majority “embodied the camp of reason and the republic”. He is cropped by the spokesperson of the Elysée Palace in stride, which he denies. “No, there was no reframing of the president or the Prime Minister,” he responds to the world. I should simply have added two sentences to specify my thought. But I assume my words: for me the reason is the Prerequisite for democratic debate. “Never elected, he will have the opportunity to debate with the French during the legislative elections campaign, since he will try to win the seat of deputy from the 7