His speech now seems freer on the subject.
Former Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, was a guest on RTL this Friday, marked not only by International Women's Rights Day but also by the ceremony sealing the right to abortion in the Constitution.
The opportunity for Élisabeth Borne to return to the vote of Parliament meeting in Congress on Monday.
It was “a rare moment of agreement, with many women who were involved so that this text could succeed”, underlined the one who resumed her functions as deputy for Calvados, citing in particular the LFI Mathilde Panot.
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But the former tenant of Matignon, who had dedicated her nomination to “all little girls” urging them to go “to the end of (their) dreams”, above all took the time to return to the sexism still present in politics.
The first sign, according to her, was the string of names, all male, mentioned before that of her replacement was made official.
“As if the commentators were saying to themselves:
We have just had a woman Prime Minister for 20 months, so we are returning to normal life and the next one will be a man
,” she remarked on RTL.
“The reference is men”
Above all, Élisabeth Borne deplores the fact that “you are constantly compared to masculine codes”.
She cites in particular comments on “the way you go around at the Agricultural Show, for example.
The reference is men.”
Or his lunches with the President of the Republic.
“I read that it was boring, because with Jean Castex (his predecessor), we ate entrecôte,” she remembered.
“Not very pleasant” reviews.
We are here to get results for the country and we are referring you to things that are quite offbeat,” she regretted.
“Men in politics all have an interest in imposing masculine codes, like that, it eliminates competition” from women, also noted the MP from Calvados, recognizing however progress.
“We are no longer in unbridled sexism”, as was the case when Édith Cresson was at Matignon, she recalled, citing a dinner with women ministers and the very first female head of government in France, during where she shared with them her experience at the time.
“But there remains a more insidious form of sexism,” noted Élisabeth Borne.