Gabriel Attal becomes France’s youngest PM
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, named Gabriel Attal as education minister on Tuesday, making him the country’s youngest and first openly gay head of government, according to news agency AFP, after Elisabeth Borne resigned.
Elisabeth Borne was in office for less than two years before resigning ahead of a widely anticipated cabinet reshuffle.
According to AFP, “the president of the republic appointed Mr Gabriel Attal prime minister and tasked him with forming a government.”
Sylvain Maillard, the leader of Macron’s Renaissance party, congratulated Gabriel Attal on X (formerly Twitter), saying, “I am confident that you will faithfully carry out our project and embody the values that are ours.”
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Who is France’s new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal?
Gabriel Attal is an Emmanuel Macron close ally who served as the government spokesman during the Covid pandemic.
He will be France’s youngest prime minister and the first to be openly gay, according to France MP Patrick Vignal, who added that “Gabriel Attal is a bit like the Macron of 2017” because when the French president took office, he was the youngest leader in modern French history.
Attal, Gabriel “It’s clear, he has authority,” said the MP.
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Why did Emmanuel Macron choose Gabriel Attal for the position?
Since losing his absolute majority in 2022, Emmanuel Macron has struggled to deal with a more volatile parliament. Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel Attal can revitalise the government, but the opposition leader claims that the French president will make the majority of decisions.
“Elisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, or someone else, I don’t care, it will just be the same policies,” Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure said.
