
First Steps of Elisabeth Borne, France’s New Prime Minister
Elisabeth Borne seemed to willingly partake in the delicate exercise of navigating among oppositional factions, despite the electric atmosphere in the Palais Bourbon.

Elisabeth Borne seemed to willingly partake in the delicate exercise of navigating among oppositional factions, despite the electric atmosphere in the Palais Bourbon.

A long and relatively unusual wait for the appointment of a government under the Fifth Republic can be explained by the difficulty in finding candidates for ministerial positions while the next legislative elections loom.

The announcement of Elisabeth Borne’s appointment did not arouse much enthusiasm in the French press. Her profile gives the impression of a default and very bureaucratic choice.