Standing firm on her positions, she castigates the criticisms made by her detractors.
The Minister of National Education and Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, in the midst of a storm since her appointment on January 11 following a controversy over her children's education, denounced Tuesday the fact that some are trying to make her "the symbol » of a “privileged caste”, to be “slaughtered.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra estimated during the ceremony of wishes of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) that “even within Parliament they would like to make me the symbol of a privileged caste to be fought, to be destroyed”.
The president of the committee David Lappartient gave his support that same day to the minister, whose debut at the head of her super ministry was hit by controversies.
Anger of teachers
Appointed on January 11 at the head of a super-ministry bringing together National Education, Youth, Sports and the Olympic Games, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has since come under fire from criticism, in particular because of the schooling of her children in the Parisian private school Stanislas and his declarations on the Littré public school and its “packages of hours not seriously replaced”.
An outing which triggered the ire of several teaching unions, and a defense of the minister undermined shortly after by the daily Libération which published several testimonies denying this version.
Several political figures, from all sides, such as Fabien Roussel (PC), Manuel Bompard (Insoumis) or the National Rally deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy, then called for his resignation.
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The minister had recently received the support of around fifty sports leaders through a column published on Saturday on the site Latribune.fr, who spoke of their “respect and (their) gratitude towards a minister who knew how to (…) be at the height of his role, with listening, demands and leadership.