It is via his Instagram account that Gabriel Attal wanted to put an end to the controversy that he himself triggered a few days earlier in the hemicycle of the National Assembly. While MP Boris Vallaud mentioned “poor work (…) and damaging working conditions” the French, the Prime Minister seemed totally disconnected, and had his eyes glued to his cell phone. At the same time, the thirty-year-old actually received a photo of her new dog, sent to her by her sisters. Overjoyed, he couldn’t help but rave in front of his fellow ministers, including Rachida Dati, newly Minister of Culture.
This Sunday February 11, 2024, interviewed by The ParisianGabriel Attal returned to this controversy, which he wanted to qualify: “On the occasion of my appointment, my family gave me a surprise and we adopted a dog. A female, of the chow-chow breed. In the hemicycle, during the motion of censure, my sisters sent me a photo of my dog in the garden. Spontaneously, I wanted to share this moment with the ministers next to me.” justified the youngest Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. In the remainder of his remarks, Gabriel Attal made a point of recalling that the attitude of the opposition deputies is far from being impeccable during his speeches: “If I told you what certain members of the opposition are doing while I am speaking from the podium of the Assembly…”
“We’re sure this is the time for you!”
On Instagram, immediately from Matignon, Gabriel Attal wanted to put an end to the controversy by presenting his chow-chow dog named Volta, “in homage to the inventor of the electric battery”to its 250,000 subscribers: “It’s the year of the V and it has boundless energy. It is therefore very aptly named, Volta, in homage to the inventor of the electric battery”rejoiced the former Minister of the Armed Forces Stéphane Séjourné. And to continue, evoking the controversies which led him to reveal this “secret garden” which he would have preferred to keep to himself: “It was to remain my secret garden… A photo of my phone screen this week decided otherwise. I have always been passionate about animals. And I think that the way society views them says a lot about who we are are. As a deputy, then a minister, I have always been committed to animal welfare. And although I had been planning to adopt a dog for a long time, I had not until now taken the step not. The weekend following my appointment at Matignon, my family told me: We are sure that this is the time for you! Deep down, I was sure too, we just had to go for it.”
He has three sisters and an adopted brother
Fortunately, Gabriel Attal can count on the unwavering support and love of his family. Born Gabriel Nissim Attal in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on March 16, 1989, the man who is preparing to celebrate his 35th birthday is the son of the French lawyer and filmmaker
Yves Attal
died in 2015, and Marie de Couriss, a production employee. Coming from a wealthy family, heir to an immense fortune left to him by his father upon his death and from which he never hid, Gabriel Attal two younger sisters and an older half-sister from a previous marriage of her father Yves Attal. He also has an adopted brother, who is the son of a deceased cousin. in a car crash.