Since the confirmation of Elisabeth Borne to the government, they have been saying that “nothing would change”. The long-awaited reshuffle took place this Wednesday and the oppositions are well underway in their criticism of the new ministerial cast. Green MP Sandrine Rousseau denounces a government that rewards “services rendered during the retirement period”. “The bonus for pump shiners”, retorts the rebellious Adrien Quatennens. The chairman of the Finance Committee Éric Coquerel believes that the reshuffle “will not change much since the policy of this government is made at the Élysée.”

At the National Rally, the vice-president of the National Assembly Sébastien Chenu affirms that this reshuffle will have no more effect than a “sword in the water”. And the deputy of Var Laure Lavelette to evoke a “game of musical chairs” which “will not change the situation”.

On the right, the leader of the Republicans in the National Assembly Olivier Marleix says he is satisfied that no figure from his party has entered the government. “I had alerted the government that it was desirable to put an end to this little game of individual poaching”, he recalled. For his part, President LR Éric Ciotti warns that “An umpteenth reshuffle cannot constitute a serious response to the crisis we are going through”.

In addition, many Nupes figures weave a link between the ousting of Pap Ndiaye and the criticisms he had addressed to the media of the Lagardère group a few days earlier. “Target of all the outrages of the far right, Pap Ndiaye is dismissed …”, launches the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis Alexis Corbière. The first secretary of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure continues: “First lesson for the start of the school year: we do not criticize Vincent Bolloré with impunity.”

Conversely, Marion Maréchal is delighted with the departure of “the ideologue Pap Ndiaye”, while ensuring that he does not expect a “miracle for the future”. Sébastien Chenu, for his part, described the former Minister of National Education as an “absolute deconstructor” who will have been “distressingly useless”, and whose record is a “total failure”.

If Sébastien Chenu concedes that the former Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal is at odds with Pap Ndiaye, the new occupant of rue de Grenelle is far from unanimous. Pap Ndiaye’s successor was educated in the private sector, and many on the left do not fail to point this out. The appointment of Gabriel Attal “sends a very, very bad signal to public schools, to the promotion of National Education”, considers the rebellious deputy Clémence Guetté.

In addition, accusations of a “tightening of the macronie” have been linked since yesterday. “We can clearly see that the people who enter the government are the faithful of the macronie”, notes, among others, Sébastien Chenu, guest of BFM TV this Friday, July 21.

A figure in the presidential camp since the first election of Emmanuel Macron, the new Minister Delegate for Solidarity Aurore Bergé has been accused of “liar in chief on pension reform” by MP LFI Clémence Guetté. For her part, the elected RN Laure Lavalette recalled the reversals of the former leader of the Renaissance deputies. “Political betrayal pays,” observes the elected official.

In addition to the personalities named, the way in which their appointment was revealed raises questions. As the names of new entrants trickled in Thursday afternoon, Socialist Party First Secretary General Olivier Faure tweeted: “Never seen such a mess at the top of the state. Ministers who self-appoint, outgoing who speak when no official communication has taken place”. “After the 100 days of appeasement … the 100 hours of the reshuffle during which the ministers appoint themselves every 10 minutes”, abounds Boris Vallaud, leader of the socialist deputies in the National Assembly who denounces a “government of trustees and collaborators”. And to conclude: “Nothing will change”.