Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, an indomitably Macronist Minister of Labor

There is something ironic in seeing the one who is perhaps the purest incarnation of original Macronism come to power at the very moment when the latter is beginning its decline. Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet, appointed this Saturday to the post of Minister of Labor and Employment, embodies in her life as in her positions, what the Macronism sold by a young Minister of Economy in 2016 could have looked like. From birth, she symbolizes the happy globalization sold by Emmanuel Macron against Marine Le Pen in 2017. Armenian father, Norwegian mother, all perfectly integrated. A first of the rope also, the fruit of an academic career without a false note: Sciences Po then HEC completed by a degree from Harvard.

The CV will allow her to begin a prestigious career of more than 25 years in the private sector which will take her to the highest positions. First at Groupama, as general secretary from 2011 to 2014. Then at Unibail-Rodamco…