This is the first controversy of Gabriel Attal’s government. According to information from Release, the choice of the new Minister of Education, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, to send her children to private school was not linked to problems of non-replacement of teachers, as she had stated. The minister denied the daily’s information on Monday January 15. More than “contempt, it was a lie which disqualifies her from continuing to hold this position”, Manuel Bompard, deputy and coordinator of La France insoumise, said on Monday on franceinfo. Several voices in the opposition are calling for the resignation of the minister. Follow our live stream.
A weakened defense. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra justified the registration of her children in the private sector because of the too large number of unreplaced hours suffered by her eldest son in the public sector. However, her son’s former teacher claims Release have never been absent during the six months that this child was educated in public school.
Macron’s “big meeting”. Emmanuel Macron will hold a press conference on Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., an initiative which is part of the “meeting with the nation” announced by the President of the Republic, the Elysée announced on Sunday evening. The press conference will be broadcast from the Elysée on TF1, France 2 and the news channels.
The RN in ambush. Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally, presents his wishes to the press at 11 a.m. in Paris. The leader of the RN deputies, Marine Le Pen, also made it official this weekend that Jordan Bardella would be her Prime Minister if she is elected president in 2027.