Elisabeth Borne

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Élisabeth Borne as his new prime minister on Monday, selecting a politician with leftist credentials to ...

By choosing Borne, however, Macron has selected a prime minister whose appointment may not spark the enthusiasm that some of his allies had hoped for. Castex, 56, who led the French government since 2020 and handled government business through most of the pandemic, was largely associated with the center-right. As transport minister, Borne pushed for cuts of benefits for railway employees.

She is experienced in negotiating with trade unions, seen as crucial as Emmanuel Macron prepares an overhaul of the pensions and benefits system which could ...

Known to discreetly vape, even in parliament, Borne was regularly on television at the height of the Covid pandemic to remind French people to work from home and defend the government’s job protection scheme. A member of the French Resistance, he was deported in 1942 and died in 1972, when she was a child. During Macron’s first term in office, Borne often contested the view that the pro-business president had veered from his stance of “neither left nor right” to firmly centre right.

French President Emmanuel Macron has named Élisabeth Borne as his new prime minister, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years, ...

Mr Castex had intended to resign immediately after the presidential election in line with French tradition, but was persuaded by Mr Macron to stay on while he lined up a replacement. Mr Mélenchon recently persuaded the Socialist, Communist and Greens parties to enter an alliance under his leadership that unites the left around a common platform for the first time in decades. French President Emmanuel Macron has named Élisabeth Borne as his new prime minister, the first woman to head the French government in over 30 years, the Élysée said in a statement.

Ms Borne, 61, succeeds Jean Castex, whose resignation was expected after President Emmanuel Macron's re-election last month. Mr Macron and Ms Borne are expected ...

Mr Macron also promised that the new prime minister would be directly in charge of “green planning”, seeking to accelerate France’s implementation of climate-related policies. Elisabeth Borne has been appointed as France’s new prime minister, becoming the second woman to hold the post in the country. The new prime minister’s first mission will be to make sure that Mr Macron’s centrist party and its allies do well in France’s parliamentary election in June.

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen Elisabeth Borne, a left-leaning technocrat, to lead his new government, putting an end to weeks of ...

Her name was circulated shortly after Macron won the presidential election, prompting speculation as to why he took so long to choose his prime minister. Supporters, however, say Borne is used to facing opposition and landing results in her past appointments. “Her appointment is deceptive, we are told she is a woman of the left, but we don’t think she deserves that label.” While Borne has worked on key reforms during Macron’s first presidential term, she is relatively unknown among the wider public. Several union representatives hailed Borne’s “ability to listen” during talks to end strikes at the rail company in 2018. After a handover meeting with Castex, Borne said it was urgent “to act more quickly and more strongly” on climate change.

French President Emmanuel Macron picked Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne as his new prime minister yesterday as he prepares for legislative elections in June ...

Premium Premium In a brief inaugural address, Ms Borne said that the country needed to act “faster and stronger” to fight climate change and pledged to further work to protect the French’s purchasing power.