France HELEN DRAKE Department of Politics, History and International Relations, Loughborough University, UK Table 1. Cabinet composition of Fillon V a For the composition of Fillon V on 1 January 2010, see Cautrès (2010: 975). Changes on 22 March 2010, following the regional elections: Minister for Work, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and Urban Affairs/Ministre du Travail, des Relations sociales, de la Famille, de la Solidarité et de la Ville: Eric Woerth (1956 male, UMP) replaced Xavier Darcos, who left the government Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts, Public Service and State Reform/Ministre du Budget, des Comptes publiques at de la Réforme de l’État: François Baroin (1965 male, UMP) replaced Eric Woerth Minister for Youth and Active Solidarities/Ministre de la Jeunesse et des Solidarités actives: Marc-Philippe Daubresse (1953 male, UMP) absorbed the functions previously exercised by Martin Hirsch as High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty/Haut commissaire aux Solidarités actives contre la pauvreté, haut commissaire à la jeunesse. Hirsch became President of the Agency for Civic Service Secretary of State for Public Services/Secrétaire d’Etat chargé de la Fonction publique: M. Georges Tron (1957 male, UMP) Changes on 4 July 2010: Secretary of State for Cooperation and the French Speaking World/Secrétaire d’Etat chargé de la Coopération et de la Francophonie, Alain Joyandet (1954 male, UMP) resigned and his functions were absorbed by the Foreign Minister/Ministre des Affaires étrangères, Bernard Kouchner Secretary of State for the Development of the Capital City Region/Secrétaire d’Etat chargé du Développement de la région capitale, Christian Leblanc (1942 male, Ind.) resigned and his functions were absorbed by Michel Mercier (1947 male, ‘on leave’ from Mo-Dem b ), Minister for Rural Affairs and Territorial Planning/Ministre des Affaires rurales et de l’Aménagement du territoire Notes: a The terminology of ‘Fillon V’ and ‘Fillon VI’ (in Table 2) has been used to maintain coherence with that adopted by Cautrès (2010). The government appointed in November 2010, however, is more accurately Fillon II. Fillon I was appointed after the presidential election of 6 May 2007 and Fillon II after the legislative elections of 18 June 2007, when Fillon resigned and was immediately reappointed. There had been six reshuffles by the end of 2010, including those of March and November of that year (see le Monde, 24 March 2010). Elsewhere, the government appointed in November 2010 is referred to as ‘Fillon 4’ (Vie publique, 2011); there is, in other words, no consistent terminology. b MoDem: Mouvement démocrate, centrist party led by François Bayrou. 970 European Journal of Political Research 50: 970–979, 2011 doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02021.x © 2011 The Author(s) European Journal of Political Research © 2011 European Consortium for Political Research Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford, OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA