Looking into space, head down, file under his arm, Damien Abad leaves the Ministry of Solidarity by the back door.
On July 4, the ex-boss of the LR group in the Assembly, who became a minister barely a month earlier, does not stop to speak to journalists who request him.
He has just been landed from the government on the occasion of the reshuffle, even though he had just been largely re-elected deputy for Ain, with nearly 58% of the votes in the second round.
The situation was becoming difficult for Emmanuel Macron, after several accusations of rape and the opening of an investigation targeting his minister.
On the phone the day before, he spoke at length with Damien Abad, explaining to him the reasons for this eviction that he did not want.
“The media-political ecosystem forces me not to keep you”
, he slipped to him in particular.
So, on this hot summer day, it is with a heavy heart that the ex-LR hands over to Jean-Christophe Combe, denouncing, with a few tremolos in the…
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