The handover ceremonies for Energy, Transport, Housing and Biodiversity were canceled at the last minute on Friday, then reinstated when part of the press had already turned back, before finally standing at behind closed doors without explanation.
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Photographers, video journalists and reporters were invited Thursday evening to attend the inauguration of Patrice Vergriete, appointed to Transport, Guillaume Kasbarian, Minister Delegate for Housing, and Hervé Berville, responsible for Biodiversity in addition to the Sea , during a traditional protocol ceremony scheduled for noon.
But they found themselves turned away – and irritated – in front of the Hôtel de Roquelaure, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
According to two AFP photographers, accredited journalists had passed ministry checks and were waiting for the ceremony in the room before finally being evacuated at the last moment, without any explanation.
The handovers finally took place behind closed doors in the presence of ministers and administration officials, according to the office of Christophe Béchu, their supervisory minister, responsible for the Ecological Transition.
On the other hand, the handover to Education, between Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and Nicole Belloubet, took place publicly, with speeches from each.
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“maximum rant”
Unlike Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Hervé Berville and other leavers have no longer held office since the resignation of the Borne government a month ago.
"What joke!"
,
“maximum nonsense”
,
“disrespect”
, protested journalists in the WhatsApp loop of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.
Another handover was to take place at the same place at 11 a.m. between Agnès Pannier-Runacher, former minister responsible for Energy Transition, and Roland Lescure who was in charge of Industry and takes over part of his former responsibilities on Energy.
Announced to the media late, around 10 a.m., it was also canceled at the last second without explanation.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher
“really wanted to make a farewell speech”
, which could not take place, according to a ministerial source.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher came to shake hands with journalists a little after 11 a.m., but saying that she was going to have coffee with Christophe Béchu.
She appeared separately at the Ministry of Agriculture, where she took up her new position as delegate minister, along with Minister Marc Fesneau.