“He is living his best political life”

Undeterred, despite a new change of government, Sébastien Lecornu is still Minister of the Armed Forces, while some imagined him becoming Prime Minister. In the columns of Parisianhe assures to live “his best political life”.

Despite six Prime Ministers and fourteen reshuffles, Sébastien Lecornu has still been there since 2017. He started as Secretary of State for Ecological Transition, before becoming Minister of Local Authorities, then Minister of Overseas Territories. Since 2022, the now 38-year-old politician has been Minister of the Armed Forces. “Silence is the secret to longevity”he told certain journalists during a trip on December 21, as the announcement of the new government approached. Some imagined that the politician from LR could be the new Prime Minister, but it was ultimately the centrist François Bayrou who was designated head of government. Would Sébastien Lecornu be disappointed? Not at all, according to the comments attributed to him this Saturday, December 28, by journalists from Parisian . He entrusted them “give everything” at the Ministry of the Armed Forces, where he “lives his best political life”. His mission seems to fascinate him. “He does not spare his time spent with the troops, as when he went to explain the military programming law (LPM) to the regiments”explained a senior officer to the daily.

“Sébastien has a relationship of trust with the President”, an elected official who knows the head of state and his minister well told the newspaper. “Whether he enters Matignon or not, Emmanuel Macron knows that this will not alter the quality of their relationship. This is also why he allows himself to play with his name for this position, as one would use a decoy “added this relative. According to certain rumors relayed by The Parisianat the beginning of 2024, when forming his government, Gabriel Attal would have considered replacing him with François Bayrou. At the time, it was the head of state who pleaded in his favor. “Since 2017, I have had the honor of serving France in six successive governments, under the authority and with the confidence of Emmanuel Macron. Being a minister is not an end in itself. I have agreed to continue with a single objective: to successfully complete the rearmament effort that we have initiated.”commented on X (formerly Twitter) the Minister of the Armed Forces, who had just been reappointed on December 23.

The big one “loyalty” from Sébastien Lecornu towards Emmanuel Macron

Faced with the permanent turnover in government, the retention of Sébastien Lecornu seems reassuring. “Embodying a certain stability in a chaotic world satisfies my militant Gaullism”declared the Minister of the Armed Forces Parisian. His loyalty was rewarded by Emmanuel Macron. “I believe in loyalty, I am uncomfortable with those who show ingratitude and disloyalty”he explained. Before concluding with a very colorful formula which shows the unsuspected humor that the Minister of the Armed Forces can display: “It’s a bit as if the reindeer, although well fed all year round, stopped pulling the sleigh and turned around and said to themselves: ‘Hey, what if we ate Santa Claus?'”

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