"His departure is recorded," we assure the government. According to information from Le Point, Elisabeth Borne's chief of staff, Aurélien Rousseau, is about to leave rue de Varenne. "For personal reasons, in no way related to the current political situation", we immediately let it be known. Officially, Matignon specifies that the Prime Minister's right arm "remains fully committed to his post", working to deny such a prospect. The enarque from the left, former member of the cabinet of Manuel Valls then Bernard Cazeneuve, ex-boss of the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency from 2018 to 2021, has been in office since the appointment of Elisabeth Borne last May. The 46-year-old father of three reportedly expressed the need to spend "more time with his family."
Alongside a Prime Minister reputed to be austere and rigid, the former communist militant, who passed through the cabinet of Bertrand Delanoë at the town hall of Paris, was appreciated within power for his "bonhomie". Since the fall, criticism has begun to surface within the executive and in the majority, some calling the State Councilor from Gard "omnipotent". His media tour to promote his book on his experience at the head of the ARS in the midst of a health crisis, La Blessure et le Rebond, was also poorly perceived. "He has ambition, but looking for the light in that position is clearly not a good thing," scratches a grumbler from macronie.
Recently, Aurélien Rousseau had also opened up to relatives about the precariousness of the political situation linked to the relative majority, fearing the vote of a motion of censure which overthrows the government.
Other "movements" are announced within the team of Elisabeth Borne, whose future at Matignon is in suspense.
