the biggest change is with the post of interior minister, to close ally christophe castaner the head of his fledgling republic on the move party. >> when accepting this position, you question yourself about the responsibilities of interior minister. you question yourself on your ability to lead. all of a sudden, you are reassured. you are reassured because you remember the ministry is led by 300,000 women and men, totally engaged. the responsibilities are extremely vast but it is embodied by women and men honored by the republic. embodied by women and men who always have the energy to keep going and this energy is going to be ours. we will be at your service every day, 24 hours a day without rest, waiting, wasting time. taking care of our citizens is total engagement. this, are more about french politics editor, mark. how key was this for emmanuel macron to put a close ally in the job? >> it is always a close ally when you are president. it is always a close ally when you are president. the interior minister is in charge of police and security in this role has taken a bigger importan

french president emanuel macron has reshuffled his cabinet close ally christophe castaner has been named interior minister following a resignation two weeks ago. bruno lemaire will remain in his roles. charlotte reed joins us on the line last time we spoke we were talking about how long it's taken to get to this point there's been multiple delays some people were saying macron was struggling to find appropriate teammates to actually join him in the cabinet. we finally got an announcement what is your initial take of what's been announced this morning? >> that's right. this reshuffle was postponed for a few days to ten days, to two weeks, now we have the news this morning. it was tough for the government to be formed you have to keep a tight, difficult balance. you have to keep a left-right balance. women to men balance, civil society to politician balance. it was tricky. there were some concerns that there was not sufficient talent pool to tap into to form a government looking at the nominations this morning. it looks like he kept the balance. there's a few socialists that are joining in