Three ministers of the government of Emmanuel Macron resigned to campaign

Three French government ministers left the government to campaignannounced Wednesday the Presidency of the Republic.

It is about Nathalie Loiseau, responsible for European affairs, Benjamin Griveaux, government spokesperson and Mounir Mahjoubi, digital business, those who leave the government to enter the electoral battle.

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The French Presidency has not yet indicated the names of its substitutes, They will be appointed by Monday at the next meeting of the Council of Ministers.

These three exits bring to ten the number of government members who left voluntarily or not, since the beginning of the five-year period of Emmanuel Macron.

In front of them, they left in the first year and a half of the year of President Macron seven ministers, a record in relation to the previous governments of the Presidents François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy o Jacques Chirac.

Previous departures include three ministers of state: François Bayrou (Justice), Nicolas Hulot (Environment) and Gerard Collomb (Interior).

(With information from AFP)