Reshuffle in France: the left ironically criticises the "Sarkozy IV" government

On Thursday evening, January 11, the left made an ironic comment about the new "Sarkozy IV" government, after the announcement of the composition of the Attal government, which includes two ministers from the right, Rachida Dati and Catherine Vautrin.

With the arrival of Catherine Vautrin and Rachida Dati, two right-wing figures, the left criticized the right-wing shift of the Attal government. (illustrative image) AP - Ludovic Marin

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"Regeneration" is therefore that of Sarkozy's dinosaurs, "Civic rearmament" is therefore the appointment of a minister under investigation for influence peddling and corruption The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, reacted on X, without explicitly naming Rachida Dati. "After the wow effect, the spritz effect," he continued.

"Regeneration" is therefore that of the Sarkozyst dinosaurs,
"Civic rearmament" is therefore the appointment of a minister indicted for influence peddling and corruption.

After the wow effect, the pschitt effect#reshuffle

— Olivier Faure (@faureolivier) January 11, 2024

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There is no longer a 'left wing', there is no longer a 'at the same time', there is only a coalition of the right to carry out a liberal and authoritarian policy," added Boris Vallaud, leader of the Socialist deputies.

The head of the Greens, Marine Tondelier, and the national secretary of the Communists, Fabien Roussel, both had the same expression, each hailing "the Sarkozy IV government" on X.

Vautrin, Dati, it's the Sarkozy IV government in fact...

— Marine Tondelier (@marinetondelier) January 11, 2024

For the leader of the rebellious deputies, Mathilde Panot, "this reshuffle smacks of the agony of self-isolation and an unprecedented attack on our rights. We will fight them without fail," she wrote, denouncing the "concentration of portfolios," the "relegation of women" and the "endless recycling of the monarch's inner circle."

What's the point of all this, if not a PR operation. (...) As far as the political landscape is concerned, out of the 15 well-known names of this government, 13 come from the UMP, the Modem or the Sarkozy networks. So the Macronist illusion is over for those who still believed in it. A hard, anti-social right, with little concern for ecology...

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Alexis Corbière, LFI MP

Aurélien Devernoix

For LFI MP François Ruffin, "Macron is resurrecting Sarkozy's UMP. What audacity, what surpassing, what disruption! The alliance of the right is sealed. On the other hand, the union of the left, quickly! " he pleaded.

And the ecologist and feminist MP Sandrine Rousseau regretted that there were "no women in a sovereign ministry. We're here, in the cool, relaxed part of the great cause."

We have a government made up of Sarkozysts, and secondly, we have a government made up of cumulards.

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Hadrien Clouet, LFI MP

Aurélien Devernoix

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