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Press conference by Emmanuel Macron: the head of state defends his ministers
Press conference by Emmanuel Macron: the head of state defends his ministers – (France 2)
A week after the ministerial reshuffle, Emmanuel Macron responded to the controversy affecting the Minister of Education and defended the appointment of Rachida Dati to the Ministry of Culture, during his press conference on Tuesday January 16.
On the occasion of his meeting with the Nation, Tuesday January 16, Emmanuel Macron wanted to defend his ministers. After controversial comments on public schools, the new Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, is in the spotlight. “She apologized, she did the right thing, he commented. I’ll tell you, I’m rather lenient.“
The doubts of the Minister of Education
Significant support for the minister, who had asked herself the question of resignation. In the show “Les 4 vérités”, she confided: “I really want the school to succeed and the inner question is to ask ourselves: do the conditions, the circumstances allow it?“The President of the Republic also wanted to defend the appointment of Rachida Dati as Minister of Culture, despite her indictment.