The day after the announcement of his acquittal in the affair of the MoDem parliamentary assistants, François Bayrou received strong support this Tuesday morning.
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, described on Europe 1 a
“man of experience”
and
“of great competence”
, making no secret of the fact that the mayor of Pau is also
“a long-time friend”
.
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For several days, rumors have been circulating of a return of François Bayrou to the government, in order to replace Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
National education, a ministry that François Bayrou knows well having been at its head from 1993 to 1997.
“It’s a nice story to tell.
It's better than Alexandre Dumas.
Alexandre Dumas had written ''Twenty years later'', now you invite me to write ''Thirty years''
, he said Monday evening on France 2.
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“We see each other quite regularly, I worked with him when he was at the Ministry of Education
,” continued the Minister of Culture, while confirming having sent him a message after the justice announcement on Monday.
It is up to the President of the Republic to know where (François Bayrou) can be useful.”
Fight against wokism
The mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris then launched into a long tirade against wokism, refusing
“censorship”
even if she said she was
“sensitive to the fight against discrimination”
.
“
I brought together the directors general of the ministry and I will bring together the regional directors of cultural action next week
,” she said.
I will ask them to ensure that we support creative freedom and not these new censors.
Fighting against social determinisms is a real fight, but culture is not synonymous with deconstruction and erasure.
I will not side with these censors
.”