It was in Matignon that the 39 new ministers and foreign ministers, most of whom are from the Macron and right-wing camps, first met for a “government breakfast” and then headed to their ministries for the traditional handover ceremony – the first of which was held on Sunday in Bercy.
Then, the first Council of Ministers will be held at 15.00 around Emmanuel Macron.
The New Popular Front had planned to draft a motion of censure to be tabled by the socialists after the general policy speech. But tensions were already emerging with deputies in the centre bloc.
