an “unprecedented situation” while “the lives of the French continue”, points out François Hollande

The ex-president confides that he would not have put Amélie Oudéa-Castéra in charge of the Ministry of National Education on franceinfo on Wednesday February 7.

“This is unprecedented, three weeks, this has never happened”declared Wednesday February 7 on franceinfo the former President of the Republic François Hollande regarding the expected wave of appointments “instead” this Wednesday of delegate ministers and secretaries of state called to join the 14 ministers in office for already a month. “Meanwhile, the lives of the French continue. On housing, on health, on transport issues, it is necessary to have ministers. Or else we must abolish governments”decided François Hollande.

A “government that loves the private sector”

At the center of speculation, the potential entry of François Bayrou and the possible departure of Amélie Oudéa-Castéra from National Education. The minister has been in turmoil since her comments on her sons’ education in the Parisian Catholic establishment Stanislas. For the former head of state, the link between the minister and National Education is “abyss”. “There were statements that were unfortunate, there was a form of misunderstanding of what the reality of the work of teachers, public teachers, was. And then there was a form of prism at the respect of the private”explained François Hollande.

The former president of the Socialist Republic (2012-2017) sees in the Amélie Oudéa-Castéra case the prism of a “government that loves the private sector”. The Minister of Education and Sports on probation is not “isolated in this government, in this look, this exaltation of private methods”, he estimated. THE “model” of the government “is that of the private sector, he would like to apply private methods in the public service or in the public education sector”he detailed.

François Bayrou at the Ministry of National Education?

As for the potential departure of the minister, François Hollande concedes that if he had been in charge, he would not have “not appointed Ms. Oudéa-Castéra to National Education”. According to him, “she was recognized” in Sports, and the former junior tennis champion was “a great sportswoman and led a great federation”. The minister was also singled out by the publication on January 22 of a parliamentary report on sports federations which points to her “abnormal” salary when she headed the French Tennis Federation (FFT). She defended herself by criticizing a report “activist” And “instrumentalized for political purposes”.

While the name of MoDem president François Bayrou insistently comes up to succeed Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, François Hollande prefers to kick in. “I am not in the position to be able to name anyone today”he slipped. “He was Minister of Education, it was 30 years ago (from 1993 to 1997, editor’s note) and I think he has a certain memory of it”was content to declare the predecessor of Emmanuel Macron.