Amélie de Montchalin Archives

Europe

Macron braces for tough second term with Cabinet reshuffle

PARIS — France’s new Cabinet is a rebalancing act, not a sweeping transformation. With several new ministers from allied parties, but no major poaches...

Francesco MazzagattiJuly 4, 2022

Technology

Who’s in and who’s out in Macronia — and what it means for the EU

Press play to listen to this article PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s political world has been upended following his failure to win an...

Francesco MazzagattiJune 24, 2022

Elections

Macron’s Europe Minister Beaune scrapes through in French parliamentary election, saves job

Press play to listen to this article PARIS — Clément Beaune, France’s minister for European affairs, has been elected MP by the slimmest margin...

Francesco MazzagattiJune 19, 2022

Europe

Europe Minister Beaune among top officials at risk in French parliamentary election

PARIS — Lose in the législatives and lose your job. That’s been the unwritten rule for French government ministers running in the parliamentary election...

Francesco MazzagattiJune 13, 2022

Energy

Macron’s new (not so) green team

French President Emmanuel Macron has named a trio of female technocrats and a team of close allies to drive his climate agenda — but critics...

Francesco MazzagattiMay 24, 2022

Technology

‘McKinseygate’ dogs Macron’s re-election campaign

PARIS — Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron have come up with a ruse to rile him over the final stretch of what he...

Francesco MazzagattiMarch 31, 2022

Technology

French senators slam consultancy use ‘explosion’ under Macron

PARIS — Emmanuel Macron’s government and other public bodies have signed contracts worth at least €2.4 billion with consultancy firms since 2018, for work...

Francesco MazzagattiMarch 17, 2022