2024-01-11 20:35:20
“The rumor has only been circulating for an hour. » A certain fervor marked by surprise was felt this Thursday, January 11 at the end of the afternoon on the side of the Parisian opposition. The news has since been confirmed: the mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, Rachida Dati, is joining Gabriel Attal’s government as Minister of Culture.
A link for a videoconference meeting was sent to elected officials from the Changer Paris group for 6 p.m. “It’s quite rare to be summoned to a meeting with only an hour’s notice,” comments this elected representative from Les Républicains. It is surely for Culture, it would be quite well done on the part of Emmanuel Macron, quite skillful. It comes from all up there, that’s for sure. The Macronists would join in 2026, that would cut off the legs of Bournazel, of Édouard Philippe. Not everyone will accept that at LR. »
” Everyone has his own life. If she considers that she must leave her position as district mayor to take up a position as minister, that is her choice. It all depends on its constituents, reacted Jeanne d’Hauteserre, mayor (LR) of the 8th arrondissement. We were both elected in 2020 for six years, I do not have to judge her decision, it is up to her constituents to decide whether or not she should leave her chair as mayor. »
“The masks are falling,” believes Belliard
On the other side of the political spectrum, reactions are multiplying. “The masks are falling. In Paris, Dati became a figure of the populist and reactionary right. Seeing her enter this government clearly confirms that Macron is the president of the hardest right,” reacts to the Parisian David Belliard, deputy (EELV) to the mayor of Paris in charge of the transformation of public space and mobility.
Rachida Dati, indicted for corruption and influence peddling, close to the autocratic regime of Azerbaijan, is therefore rewarded with the post of Minister of Culture. In Macron’s eyes, it must also be that, “making France proud” – sic. https://t.co/iDP0bgSq3k
— David Belliard (@David_Belliard) January 11, 2024
“Before, an indicted minister had to resign. Now indicted for corruption can be appointed minister. Rachida Dati has been indicted since July 2021 for corruption… What an inspiration for the world of culture,” commented Emmanuel Grégoire, the first deputy (PS) to the mayor of Paris on X.
Ian Brossat, senator (PC) from Paris, remembers the time when “Rachida Dati castigated the right-wing elected officials who left for Macronie: betrayal, lack of backbone”. “Who imagined then that it was a self-portrait? », quips ironically about X the parliamentarian.
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