Heckled by controversies, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra embarrasses part of the majority

Already heckled by opposition, the minister is singled out in an investigation report concerning her annual income of 500,000 euros gross when she was general director of the French Tennis Federation, from 2021 to 2022.

Towards a new Amélie Oudéa-Castéra controversy? After her complicated first steps at the Ministry of National Education and the revelations about her children’s schooling at Stanislas College, the minister is this time implicated in the report of a parliamentary commission of inquiry into French sports federations. At issue: her salary when she was general director of the French Tennis Federation (FFT) and inaccuracies during her hearings. A report “activist” And “exploited for political purposes“, according to the minister.

Is this too much controversy for AOC? Amélie Oudéa Castéra has become a target of opposition, and seems to embarrass part of the majority. In any case, it is one more argument for some on the left who continue to demand the resignation of the minister, like the rebellious Manuel Bompard, at the end of an interview with Gabriel Attal. “We asked him if he found it normal to have a minister in his government who organizes the circumvention of the laws that he himself voted for. And he told us that he would not comment on this subject. ..“, slides it coordinator of the France rebellious and deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, January 22.

“No comment”

This “no comment“, this is also what comes up among the Renaissance deputies contacted. In the ranks, we feel the embarrassment: some minimize, talk about “clumsiness“, admit that “he’s not a communication freak“But among majority executives, the instruction was given to support the minister.

“The important thing is the action, its results, that we judge it by what it does”

Pierre Cazeneuve

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“When many other ministers or political figures could have gone into hiding, she made the choice to go into battle, not to escape, to go to the establishment in question to go directly to present her apologies and face lightning“, argues Pierre Cazeneuve, deputy for the 7th constituency of Hauts-de-Seine, for whom “His record at the Ministry of Sports has so far been unanimous.”

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, “it’s efficiency, she knows how to manage complex files“, slips a government source. And that’s why Emmanuel Macron has complete confidence in her.