French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (L) and French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem leave from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French housing minister Emmanuelle Cosse (L) and French Labour Minister Myriam El Khomri leave from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French Agriculture Minister and government spokesperson Stephane Le Foll reacts as he leaves from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (L) and French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem leave from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve (L) and French Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem talk as they leave from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French Agriculture Minister and government spokesperson Stephane Le Foll reacts as he leaves from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) and French minister for Town and Country Planning, Rural Affairs and Local Authorities Jean-Michel Baylet leave from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images

French minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal reacts as she leaves from a meeting of national defence and security council members on August 31, 2016 at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris. More isolated than ever, Francois Hollande chaired its first cabinet meeting of the post- Macron, let down by his ambitious economy minister who intends to "go to sea" a few months before the 2017 presidential election. / AFP PHOTO / STEPHANE DE SAKUTINSTEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP/Getty Images