The Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion in the Government of Elisabeth Borne will face Jérôme Guedj (Nuts) during the second round, Sunday June 19.
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Amélie de Montchalin, the Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion in the Government of Elisabeth Borne, has reached, according to the first Ipsos-Sopra-Steria estimates for France Télévisions, Radio France, France 24-RFI -MCD and National Lcp-Aexislated, to qualify for the second round of the legislative elections. During the first round, Sunday, June 12, she totaled 30.4 % of the votes, far behind Jérôme Guedj (40.4 %), candidate of the new Ecological and Social People’s Union (Nuts) in the 6
After having succeeded Nathalie Loiseau, on March 31, 2019, as Secretary of State for European Affairs, Amélie de Montchalin was appointed Minister of Public Transformation and Function in July 2020 in the government of Jean Castex. She became Minister of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, a position of responsibility, Friday May 20, 2022, in the government of Elisabeth Borne.
Liberal convinced
After working on the design of Alain Juppé’s economic program in the primary of the right in 2016, she joined the Republic En Marche (LRM) the same year, before being elected under the LRM label in 2017 , in the 6th district of Essonne, which she won without having ever exercised a political mandate previously. She quickly blends into her role, appearing as a “techno” figure, a fine connoisseur of economic issues. Without experience in ecology, this convinced liberal pleads for a form of “pragmatism” and for “effectiveness of public expenditure”.
At the start of her mandate, she was coordinator of the LRM group at the finance committee and became the first woman to occupy such a position in the National Assembly. It supports the abolition of wealth tax, believing that it was an obstacle to investment.
As Minister of Public Transformation and Function, M Me of Montchalin notably led the draft prescription for reform of the higher supervision of the public service, in 2021, which included the transformation of the National School of Administration into a National Institute of Public Service in 2022, the abolition of many senior officials, and the creation of a single body, that of state administrators.
Promoted Minister of Ecological Transition in May 2022 by the new host of Matignon and the President of the Republic, she will have to win Sunday June 19 if she wants to stay in place in this strategic position, because, as in 2017, members of the government candidates for the deputation must resign in the event of failure.