President of the Senate Law Commission, François-Noël Buffet also chaired the information mission on the institutional future of New Caledonia. A progress report was published after a three-day visit to the Rock in 2022. The LR senator also participated in the drafting of an information report on the place of the Antilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy) in the Caribbean, and on insecurity in Mayotte.
If confirmed, the appointment of François-Noël Buffet comes at a time when the political, economic and social situation is becoming tense in some overseas territories, particularly in Martinique and Guadeloupe, against a backdrop of demonstrations against the high cost of living, and in New Caledonia, where the crisis that the country has been going through for four months caused two new deaths this Thursday, in Saint-Louis.
Delegated or full-time ministry?
To date, it is not known whether François-Noël Buffet would find a full-time Ministry, as was the case from 2012 to 2022 and as requested by many elected officials and overseas socio-economic actors, or whether he will inherit a delegated Ministry, like his predecessors Jean-François Carenco, Philippe Vigier and Marie Guévenoux. It is also possible that Rue Oudinot will pass from the supervision of Place Beauvau to the supervision of Matignon. In short, directly under the Prime Minister.
After consultations with the presidents of the parliamentary groups of the centre and the right, Michel Barnier presented this Thursday evening a list of 38 names for his government to the head of state, who must still validate his list. As a reminder, the names of the ministerial candidates must also pass through the sieve of the High Authority for Transparency in Public Life. The official announcement of the government should therefore not be made this Thursday evening.
