speech by Jean Castex live video

DIRECT | general policy Statement : the Prime minister, Jean Castex presented today to the national Assembly the Government's priorities for the coming two years.

Published by Jean Castex on Wednesday, July 15, 2020

15:53 - "The refoundation of the school"

Jean Castex spoke of the continuation of the "refoundation of the school". For this, the government will focus its action on the children who have dropped during the containment". "I will be vigilant in the education of students with disabilities in school, impacted more than others by the crisis," stressed the Prime minister.

15:46 - Castex on the Ségur health

The Prime minister was satisfied with the Ségur health, which is supposed to respond to the demands of caregivers. "Women and men have access, finally, a compensation worthy of their investment," said Jean Castex, announcing that it wanted to develop the telemedicine and attract more physicians in the territories.

15:34 - Castex on the young

As expected, Jean Castex, has referred to the problem of youth unemployment, which is likely to intensify with the economic crisis. "The fight against unemployment will be the top priority of the government for the next 18 months," insisted the Prime minister, who announced the creation of 300 000 routes to integration and 100 000 more places in civic service.

15:26 - Confirmation of the haut commissariat au plan

In his general policy speech, Jean Castex, has confirmed that the government is working on plans for the appointment of a commissioner general to the plan. This post has the objective to allow the State to anticipate the economic needs of France.

15:20 - "to Reconcile these France"

Jean Castex spoke of the two France, that of the elites and the so-called "device", "that feel far away and left behind". "This will be our first ambition : to reconcile these France, solder or resolder, make that we listen, that we understand each other. It helps to restore this core value : trust. Of the people by its elites, between the State and the intermediate bodies, in the future," explained the Prime minister.

15:10 - Castex pays tribute to Philip

The new Prime minister has paid tribute to his predecessor. "History will remember the bold reforms that it has undertaken. History will record the courage and the composure with which Edouard Philippe has weathered the crisis", has launched Jean Castex.

15:04 - Wearing a mask and screening

"Wearing a mask and intensification of the screening policy" : here are the two pillars set out by Jean Castex in order for France to continue its fight against the crisis health. For the moment, "it was good", he insisted.

"The word is to the Prime minister" : the president of the national Assembly Richard Ferrand, under the applause of some members, has launched the general policy speech of Jean Castex. "It is an honor to be in front of you", has introduced the new Prime minister, who makes first tribute to the victims of the sars coronavirus as well as to caregivers.

14:56 - Last reviews for Jean Castex

The adviser to the Prime minister Mayada Boulos has posted a picture of the behind the scenes of the general policy speech. We see Jean Castex prepare, a few minutes to enter the Assembly.

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— Mayada Boulos (@MayadaBA) July 15, 2020

According to information revealed by Le Point, Jean Castex would have obtained the departure of Marc Guillaume, secretary general of the government in office since 2015, and whose role was both very important and strategic - to the point of being called "the First minister bis" - and highly contested by several ministers. "Responsible for coordinating the work of government from an administrative point of view," explains The Point, Marc Guillaume would have been accused by members of the government to rewrite significantly the texts and thus slow down the reforms. He will be replaced by Claire Landais, at the head of the general secretariat of Defence and national Security.

14:08 - What a vote for Philip in his two general policy speech ?

as a reminder, Edouard Philippe, a former Prime minister, had made the two statements of general policy : upon its entry into service in July 2017 and June 2019, after the European at the launch of act II of the quinquennium of Emmanuel Macron. In his first speech, Philippe had received the endorsement of 370 deputies, and 363 in the second, at which time the vote "against" had grown strongly as a result of the decrease in the number of absentionnistes.

13:40 - Castex, a speech to the Assembly but also the Senate

If Jean Castex, will make his general policy statement before the deputies of the national Assembly on Wednesday, the Prime minister will be in the Senate this Thursday morning for the same kind of exercise. The only difference is that the senators, unlike members, do not vote in favor of or against this speech. In the Senate, there will be a debate, as to the Assembly.

13:12 - Castex will not have the confidence of the left

A good part of the left has already indicated that it would not grant its vote of confidence in Jean Castex, at the end of his general policy speech. "There is no risk that I will support a government that continues in a form of denial and who do not understand what is happening to the French," said the first secretary of the PS Olivier Faure at France Inter, when Jean-Luc Mélenchon writes on Twitter that"Emmanuel Macron believes that he can remake in 600 days, that it was first destroyed. And that just autoflageller to get us to forget".

12:57 - "Rather a discourse on method"

A few hours of the general policy speech of Jean Castex, a source parliamentary entrusted to LCI as it will be more of a discourse based on "the method" on the merits of the policy pursued by the new Prime minister. It will put some light on how "to implement the policy desired by the president of the Republic," says the same source.

12:27 - "It is an appointment with oneself, it is necessary to "feel" the country"

Before his general policy speech on Wednesday, Jean Castex, told the Figaro on that particular exercise. "It is an appointment with oneself, he must feel the country, to be involved in the guidance of the head of State and then be aware that he must do things precise and concrete because we have 600 days", was held by the new Prime minister. His speech is scheduled to start 15 hours in the national Assembly.

Former mayor of the municipality of Prades, committed to the right, a graduate of the ENA, Jean Castex, it was made known in April, when his appointment as "mr. déconfinement" by the head of the State. Édouard Philippe described it as "a high-ranking official who knows the world of health and that is terrible for efficiency." Prior to this, Jean Castex was inter-ministerial delegate for the olympic and paralympic Games in 2024, and president of the national Agency for sport. The high-civil servant has a long political experience. He has been deputy secretary general of the Élysée under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy of 2010 until the end of its mandate. The new Prime minister knows well the inner workings of the Elysée and the government. He has been director of the cabinet of Xavier Bertrand when he was the minister of Health and Labour.

During his first trip as head of government, on Saturday, July 4, on the site of the group X-Fab, Corbeil-Essonnes, Jean Castex, has wished to clarify that he was "a man of the territories". Friday night, already, a few hours after the handover of power, he is described as "a local politician and the daily life of the people" during his first interview on TF1. His father also puts the emphasis on the relationship of the Prime minister with the territories and says to Jean Castex, that it "is not a mandarin of the 16th arrondissement of Paris", with Europe 1.

In 2008, Jean Castex, becomes mayor of Prades, under the banner of the UMP. In 2012, he supported the candidacy of François Fillon for the presidency of the UMP. "Politically, I am right and I take it perfectly," he said. Friday 3 July, the day of the handover of power with Edouard Philippe, Jean Castex, has yet made its card to the Republicans. The party boss Christian Jacob explains that he "had taken his distance these last few days". On TF1, Jean Castex says that he assumes this decision and justifies it thus : "I had been unhappy with the way in which had been argued by the applicant in Perpignan, and this has led to Eredmblement national to elect its candidate."

The former adviser of Nicolas Sarkozy, Franck Louvrier, sets Jean Castex as "a true swiss army knife. He has connections everywhere, he knows how to do what it takes to make it in the right place". So it is he who will lead the "new way" promised by Emmanuel Macron, with the "goals of independence, reconstruction, reconciliation, and new methods to implement", as explained by the head of State in his interview to the regional press published Thursday, July 2.

During his first interview in the face of the French, at JT of TF1, on Friday evening, Jean Castex is defined as a "gaullist" in social. "My values are secularism, the authority, are those of the Republic", added the Prime minister, also evoking "respect the republic" and "the authority". "You can't expect everything from the State, each of us can contribute something to our country," said the one who said "at the service" of his country. "I'm not here to seek the light, I am here to look for the results," said Jean Castex. Its policy statement is expected in the parliament "in the middle of next week".

In a statement, the Elysée has defended the choice of Jean Castex to the prime minister describing it as "a high-ranking official complete and versatile which will be at the heart of reform the State and to lead a dialogue appeased with the territory." The presidency of the Republic evokes the high official, as "the man of the situation", because of its ability to 'work through dialogue and in a spirit of gathering". Jean Castex will "implement the reconstructions mentioned by the head of State in its recent expressions in the framework of the new path", one can read in the press release.

According to an article in the World published at the beginning of June, Jean Castex draws praise, whether on the part of his camp, but also of other political tendencies. A contributor describes his way of working as "fantastic". "It is someone who has understood, which is very rare in the high French administration, that the power, this is not to keep the information to itself, but, on the contrary, the share," adds this source. Valérie Pécresse, the president of the region Île-de-France, emphasises this "mixture quite unheard of very great knowledge of the State apparatus and the sensitivity of the field". And Stéphane Troussel, president PS of Seine-Saint-Denis defines it as "the guy legit by excellence", "very friendly".

last march 15, the native of the Gers has been re-elected in the first round of the municipal head of the municipality of Prades, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, with 75% of the votes. Jean Castex enjoys a popularity important as a local elected representative. "Jean Castex is a good mayor, for us it is a matter of pride, but he remains simple," says one of his constituents, cited by Marianne. An assistant in the town of Prades has also reacted to his appointment as Prime minister. For Ahmed Bekheira, "he is an exceptional man, who is not sectarian. He knows how to do the gathering". "I'm delighted for him, because I know that this is the man of the situation", he added.

Born in Vic-Fezensac in the Gers, in 1965, Jean Castex, is part of a family of fibre-policy since his grandfather was a senator of the Gers and the mayor of the city is the birthplace of the future Prime minister. A graduate of Sciences Po in Paris, then ENA, he is an adviser to the Court of auditors. Jean Castex takes us in the Direction of hospitalization and care organization (DHOS) of the ministry of Health and solidarity, from 2005 to 2006. Subsequently, he became director of the cabinet of Xavier Bertrand from 2006 to 2007 in the Health and then at Work, under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. It has, therefore, a certain knowledge of business and social and hospital sector.

Under the banner of the UMP, Jean Castex, becomes mayor of Prades, in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in 2008. Social affairs advisor to Nicolas Sarkozy, the president then appoints the deputy secretary general of the Élysée palace until the end of its mandate, in 2012. In September 2017, the senior civil servant is appointed inter-ministerial delegate for the olympic and paralympic Games in 2024. In April 2019, he takes over the presidency of the national Agency for sport. Jean Castex becomes the "mr. déconfinement" the government of Édouard Philippe April 2, 2020.

In 2018, Jean Castex was tipped to the ministry of the Interior. A key man would have made the connection between the mayor of Prades and Emmanuel Macron : Nicolas Sarkozy. The former president and the current head of State would have lunch together and the name of Jean Castex would have been blown away by the one who led France between 2007 and 2012. Jean Castex corresponded perfectly to the profile sought, both technical and political. "The President wants a government that has the same alchemy policy than the current one. This is the equation : do not give up on the DNA of civil society," confided at the time, the entourage of Emmanuel Macron to the JDD. Jean Castex had the advantage of knowing the workings between the Elysée and the main services of the ministry of the Interior.

just named by Emmanuel Macron and before the transfer of power from Friday 3 July, the new Prime minister addressed a few words to the inhabitants of Prades, the city of which he is the mayor since 2008. "The Meadowsident of the Republic was proposed to me to appoint me Prime minister. Given the extraordinary circumstances in which our country, I accepted," explains Jean Castex. This added measure "the immensity of the task that awaits him. "To fill it, I will be powerfully helped by the experience gained at your side as the mayor and by the strong democratic support that you have shown me since a long time demonstrated", he says. Jean Castex informs him that he can no longer exercise his duties as mayor and that he left hand to his first deputy, Yves Delcor.