Macron set to lose another ally

Le Figaro reports that French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb’s announced on Tuesday that he planned to resign from his post next May, after the European election, to run for his old job as mayor of Lyon in 2020.

Collomb, who previously served as the city’s mayor for 16 years, was one of President Emmanuel Macron’s oldest allies, quitting the Socialists in 2016 to back En Marche.

Politico reports that the interior minister earlier this month criticized the French executive’s “lack of humility.”

Le Figaro wrote that while the Elysée Palace wants to “trivialize” Collomb’s departure, his resignation is a fresh blow to the French president.