Studious holidays. While members of the government met this Wednesday, July 30 for the last Council of Ministers before the holidays, they must debate the constitutional revision project on Corsica. Chance of the calendar, the island of beauty will welcome several members of the executive this summer.
Corsica, the first destination of ministers
According to our colleagues from FigaroCorsica rises at the top of the favorite destinations of ministers this summer, tied with Brittany. Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, will spend a few days with the family, while refining the social security budget, hot school file. The Minister of Public Service, Laurent Marcangeli, native of the island and former mayor of Ajaccio, will also return to summer on his land. He could come across Marc Ferracci, Minister of Industry and grandson of Albert Ferracci, former figure of the Corsican Communist Party.
Among the other ministers expected on the island are Juliette Méadel, Minister of the City, and Laurent Saint-Martin, Minister of Foreign Trade, who will undoubtedly have little respite. He will have to deal with the first criticisms aroused by the customs agreement sealed this week between the United States and the European Union.
A usually popular destination
This is not the first time that Corsica has attracted members of the government during the summer. Last year, despite an agenda constrained by the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, government spokesperson Prisca Thévenot had chosen the island for her family vacation. Former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal also has his habits, his family with a house in the south of the island.
But if the ministers agree for a few days of rest, they will not be completely disconnected. In Matignon, the instruction is clear: the 36 members of the government must remain “reachable and mobilizable and the phone never far” Throughout the summer period.
Some, like François Bayrou, the Prime Minister, have even chosen to stay in Paris. Between an explosive 2026 budget and threats of censorship in the Assembly, the number one of the government should not be unemployed. For his part, Emmanuel Macron, as every year, chose the Fort de Brégançon (Var) for a few days of vacation.
