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Tuesday 01/09/2024 9.50pm IWST
Photo: New French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (AP/Christophe Ena)
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – French President Emannuel Macron appointed Gabriel Attal (34) as the new Prime Minister (PM), Tuesday (9/1/2024). Attal, who was previously Education Minister, became the youngest person to hold the second-highest position in the country.
This follows the resignation of Elisabeth Borne (62) and members of her government on Monday evening. Born himself served two years.
This review was carried out in view of the Paris Olympics in July-August. Parliamentary elections are also being held in France, which Macron risks losing to the right-wing opposition led by Marine Le Pen.
A broader cabinet reshuffle is also expected this week. Macron is said to be looking to sharpen his team for the final three years of his presidency.
“The President of the Republic has appointed Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister and entrusted him with the task of forming a government”, reads the presidential statement. AFP.
“I know I can count on your energy and commitment,” Macron told Attal hopefully.
Macron himself returned as president of France for a second term after winning the 2022 elections. However, during his leadership, Macron faced a series of challenges, ranging from unpopular pension reform, to the loss of his majority in parliamentary elections and immigration disputes. legislation.
Macron cannot run again in the 2027 presidential election. His ministers have openly expressed concern that Le Pen has a chance of winning the presidency.
Attal, who is believed to be his successor, will have to compete ahead of the European elections with another rising star in French politics, Jordan Bardella. He is only 28 years old and is now the leader of the right-wing RN party.
In France, the Prime Minister leads the government and is appointed by the president, although he cannot be directly dismissed by the chief executive. In the French system, the president sets overall policy and the Prime Minister is responsible for the day-to-day running of the government, often “paying the price” when a government experiences turbulence.
A gay promoter of the Abaya Ban
Attal was known to French citizens during Covid-19 where he was government spokesperson. In recent polls he has become one of the most popular politicians in the country.
According to a December IPSOS poll, he even rivaled presidential candidate Edouard Philippe as the most popular politician in France. He was known as an intelligent minister, who easily appeared on radio programs and even in parliament.
Quoted by several media, he also declared himself openly gay. He said this shortly after entering the government in 2018.
“Gabriel Attal publicly came out as gay shortly after entering government in 2018 and announced his relationship with… Stéphane Séjourné,” he wrote Politic.
“The two political leaders are no longer close but have never publicly confirmed their separation,” US media added.
When he was elected Minister of Education, Attal announced a ban on wearing the abaya in classrooms. According to him, the clothes worn especially by Muslims test secularism in state schools.
He is active in reducing the problem of bullying at school. Where he admitted on national TV that he had lived this experience bossy while studying at the prestigious private school in Paris, Ecole Alsacienne, including homophobic abuse.
It is known that Attal’s father, Yves, was a descendant of Tunisian Jews who emigrated during World War II. Silhouette The worldhe was raised as an Orthodox Christian by his Russian mother.
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