Women now lead exactly half of France’s 10 largest cities, French daily Le Monde also reported. This points to the feminization of elite institutions in general.
And barely appointed after a cabinet shuffle, the new French Prime Minister Jean Castex is already controversial – at least according to feminists.
In 2017, in the middle of the presidential campaign, Emmanuel Macron had expressed his wish to see, one day, a woman in Matignon. But on Friday, July 3, the French president however preferred to appoint a man to succeed Edouard Philippe.
His choice immediately caused a wave of dissatisfaction from many feminists. “What a joke this president is,” the feminist activist Caroline de Haas complained. “A woman was not available,” said feminist Aude Rossigneux.