French Word of the Day: Remaniement
You might be seeing this French word in the news soon.
Why do I need to know remaniement?
Because it's a handy one to know if there are rumours swirling about the future of a French prime minister.
What does it mean?
Remaniement – roughly pronounced reh-mahn-ee-mahn - is defined as a 'restructuring'.
It can be used to mean a change or redesign of a space, for instance a remaniement d'un jardin would be the redesign of a garden.
But it's also a political term, you will probably see it written as remaniement ministériel, which means ‘cabinet reshuffle’ in English.
As it is the prime minister who proposes a list of ministers to the President (who then must approve or disapprove), usually a new cabinet and a new prime minister go hand-in-hand in France. So, when the French President appoints a new prime minister, a remaniement is usually not far behind.
You may also see the verb remanier used when discussing a cabinet reshuffle.
Use it like this
Avec le remaniement ministériel, la Première ministre peut changer ses ministres.– With a cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister can change out the ministers.
Tout le monde s'attendait à ce que le remaniement ministériel ait lieu au cours du week-end. – Everyone expected the cabinet reshuffle to take place over the weekend.
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Why do I need to know remaniement?
Because it's a handy one to know if there are rumours swirling about the future of a French prime minister.
What does it mean?
Remaniement – roughly pronounced reh-mahn-ee-mahn - is defined as a 'restructuring'.
It can be used to mean a change or redesign of a space, for instance a remaniement d'un jardin would be the redesign of a garden.
But it's also a political term, you will probably see it written as remaniement ministériel, which means ‘cabinet reshuffle’ in English.
As it is the prime minister who proposes a list of ministers to the President (who then must approve or disapprove), usually a new cabinet and a new prime minister go hand-in-hand in France. So, when the French President appoints a new prime minister, a remaniement is usually not far behind.
You may also see the verb remanier used when discussing a cabinet reshuffle.
Use it like this
Avec le remaniement ministériel, la Première ministre peut changer ses ministres.– With a cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister can change out the ministers.
Tout le monde s'attendait à ce que le remaniement ministériel ait lieu au cours du week-end. – Everyone expected the cabinet reshuffle to take place over the weekend.
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