“I advise the minister to respect the separation of powers”, reacts Patrick Kanner

“I advise the minister to respect a principle which is simple in our democracy and our Republic, it is the separation of powers”reacts Patrick Kanner, president of the Socialist, environmentalist and Republican group in the Senate, former Minister of the City, Youth and Sports, Monday evening on franceinfo, after the publication of a parliamentary investigation report on the sports federations which incriminates the Minister of Sports.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra describes this report as “activist” and considers that this work was “instrumentalized for political purposes”Franceinfo learned from those around him.

“It is not by discarding or defeating the opponent that we absolve ourselves of our own responsibilities”, denounces Patrick Kanner. The senator recognizes that Amélie Oudéa-Castéra “today accumulates a series of black clouds on his head” and wonders “how long can it last”.

A balance of forces

“For several years, we have been confronting the presidents of federations with ministers who, perhaps, do not have sufficient authorityanalyzes the former Minister of Sports. It is Mr. Macron who determined the relationship between his ministers and the federations.”, he continues. For him, sport is “an important public policy and you have to be spot on”. He recalls that “the federations in question have a public service delegation, so they must be accountable to the State”.