Rachida Dati to use her voice to put them out of harm’s way.”
Minister of Culture nomination
The nomination of Rachida Dati as Minister of Culture is all the more surprising as she was railing against “traitors on the left and the right” who were rallying to the president. Especially since Dati had claimed she wanted to focus on Paris. “She has betrayed her commitments,” observed Pierre-Yves Bournazel. But perhaps the elected official is trying to increase her popularity with the public and maybe also to secure networks where she does not excel, as some commentators point out.
On the left, the former minister under Nicolas Sarkozy received surprising support from Alice Coffin, who, not without underlining that she was the leader of a right representing “the worst in terms of anti-ecological and anti-social,” praised her courage and eloquence. “She is one of the extremely rare women politicians who are not afraid of men,” emphasized Alice Coffin, as the world of culture is shaken by several cases of sexual violence. And the Green Party representative concluded: “I ask Rachida Dati to use her voice to put them out of harm’s way.”
