Gabriel Attal rejoins the National Assembly after Emmanuel Macron accepts his resignation

On January 9, Gabriel Attal made history by becoming the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. Today, he is preparing to take back his seat at the National Assembly, where he was elected president of the Renaissance group.

On Tuesday July 16, Emmanuel Macron finally accepted the resignation of Gabriel Attal and his government. The Élysée stated that Attal and his team will manage current affairs until a new government is appointed. The President also called on the Republican forces to work together to build a consensus around projects to serve the French people.

Following the legislative elections, in which the presidential camp came second behind the Nouveau Front Populaire, Macron had initially refused Attal’s resignation. However, following the electoral defeat, Attal expressed his intention to step down, which Macron temporarily rejected in order to maintain the country’s stability.

At just 34, Gabriel Attal had marked a turning point by becoming the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic and the youngest head of government in the European Union. He will now continue to serve as an MP, having been re-elected in the 10th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, and will chair the Renaissance group at the National Assembly

Since entering politics in 2017, Gabriel Attal has held various ministerial positions under the governments of Élisabeth Borne, Jean Castex and Édouard Philippe before becoming Prime Minister.

Following his election as head of the Renaissance group, Attal thanked his colleagues for their support and reaffirmed his commitment to defending unity and creating synergies with republican political forces. He stressed the importance of “rethinking everything, reinventing everything, rebuilding everything” and pledged to protect the French from any administration including ministers from Rassemblement national or La France insoumise.

Although Gabriel Attal has resigned, discussions within the presidential camp continue, with Emmanuel Macron deploring internal tensions since the second round of legislative elections