Élisabeth Borne
France
Renaissance
member of the French National Assembly
government
Élisabeth Borne is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from May 2022 to January 2024, becoming the second woman to hold the position of Prime Minister and the first in 30 years. From December 2024 to October 2025, she served as the Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research in the Bayrou government and first Lecornu government. She is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's party Renaissance.
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Not directly mentioned today, but as former prime minister under Macron she symbolises the pension reform and fuel tax policies that sparked the anger now driving social movements.
RN argues Borne and her government ignored the popular will, using Article 49.3 to ram through reforms, and that this contempt for voters is why trust in the system has collapsed.