Ayrault II cabinet

The Ayrault II cabinet was the second cabinet of French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault . After the French parliamentary elections in 2012 , Ayrault submitted his resignation as Prime Minister of his first cabinet to the French President François Hollande on June 18, 2012 , as is the tradition of the French Republic. President Hollande immediately reappointed him prime minister and tasked him with forming a new government. This was appointed on June 21, 2012.

There were hardly any changes compared to the Ayrault I cabinet: the previous Environment Minister Nicole Bricq received the Ministry of Foreign Trade, which was spun off from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, while the previous Minister in the Justice Ministry, Delphine Batho , became Environment Minister. The previous Minister for Crafts, Trade and Tourism, Sylvia Pinel , became an independent minister. A number of additional ministerial positions were also created.

On March 31, 2014, the Ayrault cabinet resigned due to poor results in the local elections in March . On April 2, the Valls cabinet was appointed as the successor government.

prime minister

	Office		Surname	Political party
	prime minister		Jean-Marc Ayrault	PS

minister

	Office		Surname	Political party
	Foreign minister		Laurent Fabius	PS
	Minister of Education		Vincent Peillon	PS
	Minister of Justice		Christiane Taubira	PRG - Walwari
	Minister of Economy and Finance		Pierre Moscovici	PS
	Minister for Social Affairs and Health		Marisol Touraine	PS
	Minister for Regional Development and Housing		Cécile Duflot	EELV
	Interior minister		Manuel Valls	PS
	Minister for Foreign Trade		Nicole Bricq	PS
	Minister for Industrial Revitalization		Arnaud Montebourg	PS
	Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Energy		Philippe Martin since July 2nd, 2013 Delphine Batho until July 2nd, 2013	PS
	Minister for Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue		Michel Sapin	PS
	Defense Minister		Jean-Yves Le Drian	PS
	Minister for Culture and Communication		Aurélie Filippetti	PS
	Minister for Universities and Research		Geneviève Fioraso	PS
	Minister for Equal Rights for Women; Government spokeswoman		Najat Vallaud-Belkacem	PS
	Minister for Agriculture and Food		Stéphane Le Foll	PS
	Minister for State Reform, Decentralization and Public Service		Marylise Lebranchu	PS
	Minister for the Overseas Territories		Victorin Lurel	PS
	Minister for Crafts, Trade and Tourism		Sylvia Pinel	PRG
	Minister for Sport, Youth, National Education and Associations		Valerie Fourneyron	PS

Assistant Minister

	Official title of the Assistant Minister	Ministry		Surname	Political party
	Minister for the Budget	Ministry of Economy and Finance		Bernard Cazeneuve (from March 19, 2013) Jérôme Cahuzac (until March 19, 2013)	PS
	Minister for School Achievement	Ministry of Education		George Pau-Langevin	PS
	Minister for Relations with Parliament	prime minister		Alain Vidalies	PS
	Minister for Urban Development	Ministry of Regional Development and Housing		François Lamy	PS
	European Minister	Foreign Ministry		Thierry Repentin (from March 19, 2013) Bernard Cazeneuve (until March 19, 2013)	PS
	Minister for Seniors and Care	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health		Michèle Delaunay	PS
	Minister for Social Economy and Solidarity	Ministry of Economy and Finance		Benoît Hamon	PS
	Family Minister	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health		Dominique Bertinotti	PS
	Minister for Disabilities and the Fight against Exclusion	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health		Marie-Arlette Carlotti	PS
	Minister for Development Aid	Foreign Ministry		Pascal Canfin	EELV
	Minister for Vocational Training (until March 19, 2013)	Ministry of Labor, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue		Thierry Repentin (until March 19, 2013)	PS
	Minister for Francophonie	Foreign Ministry		Yamina Benguigui	Divers gauche
	Minister for Transport and the Maritime Economy	Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and Energy		Frédéric Cuvillier	PS
	Minister for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Innovation and Digital Economy	Ministry of Industrial Revitalization		Fleur Pellerin	PS
	Veterans Minister	Ministry of Defense		Squad Arif	PS
	Minister for Decentralization	Ministry of State Reform, Decentralization and Public Service		Anne-Marie Escoffier	PRG
	Minister for Nutrition	Ministry of Agriculture and Food		Guillaume Garot	PS
	Minister for the French Abroad	Foreign Ministry		Hélène Conway-Mouret	PS

Reign

The first cabinet reshuffle took place on March 19, 2013 after Jérôme Cahuzac resigned as Minister Associate for the Budget in the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Foreign Trade . His successor was the previous Minister for Europe, Bernard Cazeneuve , who in turn was succeeded by the previous Minister for Vocational Education and Training Thierry Repentin, whose office was not replaced. Cahuzac's resignation came after prosecutors opened an investigation against him on suspicion of tax evasion, although Cahuzac denied the allegation. On April 2, 2013, Cahuzac admitted the existence of a secret foreign account, first in Switzerland and later in Singapore, and declared that he had been caught in a spiral of lies.

The topic of tax evasion / foreign accounts has also gained in importance due to the start of offshore leaks in April 2013.

After a French Internet newspaper announced another scandal, Hollande announced a bundle of laws for April 24th to enforce more honesty in politics and help avoid conflicts of interest. In Paris (alluding to Italy in the nineties) there is talk of a "clean hands" campaign and an "ethics shock". A large amount of property information about ministers was disclosed on April 15.

Environment Minister Delphine Batho was dismissed on July 2, 2013; her successor was Philippe Martin . Batho had previously criticized the government's austerity policy, particularly in its portfolio.

On March 31, 2014, Ayrault announced the resignation of the entire cabinet.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ayrault reappointed Prime Minister. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved June 18, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Ayrault's new cabinet in progress. Retrieved June 18, 2012 . 
3. ↑ French Prime Minister resigns with government. In: The world. March 31, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Top saver resigns due to account affair Die Welt, March 19, 2013
5. ↑ Secret foreign account: France's ex-minister admits lying for months , Spiegel Online, April 2, 2013
6. ↑ spiegel.de April 6, 2013: France's ex-budget minister: Cahuzac is said to have presented a forged tax document
7. ↑ sueddeutsche.de: Hollande forces ministers to disclose their assets
8. ↑ spiegel.de: France's ministers reveal assets worth millions , www.declarations-patrimoine.gouvernement.fr
9. ↑ www.elysee.fr: Communiqué de la Présidence de la République ( Memento of the original dated August 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ French President Hollande fires Environment Minister Delphine Batho. Focus Online, July 2, 2013, accessed October 2, 2013 .