Il presidente francese Emmanuel Macron si è dimesso da leader di En Marche! Capo ad interim del movimento politico è stata nominata Catherine Barbaroux. Lo ha reso noto il segretario generale Richard Ferrand durante un briefing con i giornalisti. Catherine Barbaroux, 68 anni, che ha lavorato in En Marche! dalla sua formazione, sarà leader temporaneo del movimento. Ferrand ha anche confermato ufficialmente che il movimento cambierà il suo nome in La Republique en Marche.

The newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron resigned as the leader of En Marche! political movement and Catherine Barbaroux is appointed as movement’s interim leader, En Marche! Secretary General Richard Ferrand said Monday. “Emmanuel Macron resigned as a leader of the movement after the session of the committee of En March! at noon,” Ferrand told journalists at a press briefing. Catherine Barbaroux, 68, who has worked in En Marche! since its formation, will be the temporary leader of the movement, he added. Ferrand also officially confirmed that the movement will change its name to La Republique en Marche. According to the French Interior Ministry’s data, Macron won the second round of the election which took place on Sunday, with 66.1 percent of the ballots against 33.9 percent of voters who had supported his rival Marine Le Pen.