French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne resigned on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron prepared to unveil a long-awaited cabinet reshuffle in a bid to give new momentum to the final three years of his presidency.
According to the AFP, Ms Elizabeth submitted her letter today. “Ms Elisabeth Borne today submitted the resignation of the government to the president, who accepted it.”
Writing on X, Macron thanked her for “work in the service of our nation that has been exemplary every day”, without explicitly mentioning her resignation.
Borne, 62, the second woman to lead the French government, has weathered these problems but never dispelled doubts about her future.
After days of intense behind-the-scenes manoeuvring, Education Minister Gabriel Attal, 34, was emerging as the favourite to succeed Borne, whose successor has yet to be named.
If appointed, Attal would be France’s youngest ever and first openly gay prime minister.
