“I will be the one who reconciles justice and our fellow citizens,” declares the new Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin

Busy schedule for Christmas Eve. The ministers of François Bayrou's government take office on Tuesday, December 24. The transfer of power took place at the end of the morning between Didier Migaud and Gérald Darmanin at the Ministry of Justice. “I know the importance, the desire and the thirst for justice of our people”declared Gérald Darmanin, the new Minister of Justice. “I will be the one who reconciles justice and our fellow citizens.” Follow our live stream.

“Our endemic evil, the deficit”. On the Bercy side, the new Minister of the Economy Eric Lombard took office on Monday evening, replacing Antoine Armand. The former director of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, presented by François Bayrou as a man of the left, immediately called for tackling the deficit. Its first mission will be to have a budget adopted for 2025 in the National Assembly.

The general policy declaration without a vote of confidence. “In the wake of this declaration [le 14 janvier]there will be a sort of vote of confidence because there will probably be a motion of censure”argued the Prime Minister Monday evening on BFMTV. François Bayrou said “respect the fact that political forces do not want to be assimilated against their will into government policy”.

The left furious after the appointment of the government. It is a government of “extreme right” shaped like “provocation”for his part judged the boss of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure. La France insoumise has already announced its intention to table a motion of censure. But the National Rally, the largest group in the Assembly, has made it known that it will not censor the new government a priori. On the side of the Republicans, who remain in government, Laurent Wauquiez spoke of support “very demanding” to François Bayrou who could be “removed” depending on the heading displayed.