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Pap Ndiaye at the meeting of the interministerial committee for cities at the Hôtel de Matignon, Paris, June 30, 2023. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “THE WORLD”
Dismissed from his post as Minister of Education on Thursday July 20, Pap Ndiaye was appointed Ambassador to the Council of Europe on Wednesday July 26. Succeeding Marie Fontanel, Pap Ndiaye will take up his duties in Strasbourg from August 1. He will sit each week within the Committee of Ministers of the Council, whose function is to ensure the execution by the Member States of the judgments and certain decisions of the European Court of Human Rights. On Twitter, the former minister says to himself “happy and honored to represent France at the Council of Europe, to participate in the defense of human rights, in line with [ses] lifelong commitments.
Statements that do not convince some of the opposition, who see in this appointment a “recasing” of convenience. The extreme right in the lead. “Macronie recases its worst! », criticizes Florian Philippot (Les Patriotes), in a tweet. Nicolas Dupont-Aignan (Debout la France) denounces a “Republic of Buddies Episode 1000” and concludes with “incompetence rewarded”. In the same vein, Julien Odoul (Rassemblement national, RN) evokes a “premium on mediocrity ».
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The Republicans (LR) also immediately criticized this appointment, which “Once again damages French diplomacy”according to Eric Ciotti, president of the party, who split a press release in the wake of the announcement of this award. “Mr. Ndiaye was removed from his ministerial post last week for incompetence. Is it in the interest of the state to appoint him ambassador? », asks the president of the right-wing party. Through these few lines, and on behalf of LR, he calls on Emmanuel Macron to renounce this appointment.
“Political outrage”
Faced with this trial of incompetence drawn up by the opposition, the members of the majority assert the qualities of the former minister. “Pap Ndiaye is a historian recognized throughout the world, he taught in all the biggest universities, he directed a museum [celui de l’histoire de l’immigration à Paris]he was a good Minister of National Education, I say so”declares Roland Lescure, Thursday morning on Sud Radio. “He is exceptional and I am sure he will excel at the Council of Europe,” he concludes. “There is no point in shooting a man who has fulfilled his function with honor, who has not been unworthy in a difficult context, and to prejudge his skills in a position that is quite different”recalled, Thursday, Martin Garagnon, vice-president and general secretary of Renaissance in the Hauts-de-Seine, on South Radio.
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