The first days of 2024 saw Elisabeth Borne leave Matignon, the last days of 2024 saw her return to the government. The Calvados MP is appointed Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research in the government of François Bayrou, this Monday, December 23. The “Together for the Republic” parliamentarian is the fifth education minister of the year, after Gabriel Attal, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Nicole Belloubet and Anne Genetet, and the sixth since 2022 and the start of Emmanuel's second five-year term Macron. Elisabeth Borne sees her portfolio expanded to include higher education and research, a first since 2017. The Minister of State becomes number two in the government and will be supported by Philippe Baptiste, until then president of CNES (National Center for space studies), appointed minister responsible for higher education and research.
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Recently, Elisabeth Borne has become closer to François Bayrou, with whom she shares a certain number of views, notably on the proportional election for the legislative elections. The Béarnais elected official will nevertheless undoubtedly keep a close eye on educational policy. “School has never ceased to be a fixed point in my life”underlined the former Minister of National Education from 1993 to 1997, during the transfer of power with Michel Barnier on December 13.
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