The Élysée Palace unveiled a revamped cabinet on Friday under new Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, France's second-ever female premier. A month after his re-election and ahead of crucial parliamentary polls in June, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Catherine Colonna, France's ambassador to the UK, as his new foreign minister while keeping Bruno Le Maire at finance and Gérald Darmanin as interior minister.
Macron opted for continuity in keeping Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire after he steered the French economy through the Covid-19 crisis – although he now faces a difficult task as France grapples with the cost of living crisis plaguing most developed countries. Macron also decided to keep controversial right-winger Gérald Darmanin in the interior ministry post.
