Ségolène Royal, the former socialist minister, dismissed from her duties as ambassador of the poles, crossed "the red line", accusing France of being "an authoritarian regime", said Minister for the Ecological Transition Elisabeth Thick headed.
"I think it's very serious for a politician like Ségolène Royal to say things like this," said Elisabeth Borne on RTL radio.
"We may not agree ... from there to question our democracy"
The Minister for the Ecological Transition reacted to Ségolène Royal's declarations that "we are in an authoritarian regime" with "a power that does not listen, that does as it pleases, which witnesses the suffering of citizens without reacting ”.
"Taxpayers are already in high demand," said the Minister for the Ecological Transition https://t.co/s6win2qJv4
- RTL France (@RTLFrance) January 28, 2020"Anyone who takes a look at what is happening on a global scale can see that there are many places where we are not in democratic regimes, sometimes we are not allowed to elect its leaders, we do not have the right to demonstrate, we do not have the right to strike, ”continued Elisabeth Borne.
"We may not agree, but from there to question our democracy is the red line," she concluded.
Dismissed from her duties as pole ambassador
Very critical of power, Ségolène Royal was dismissed on Friday, in the Council of Ministers, from her duties as ambassador of the poles she had occupied since 2017 on the appointment of Emmanuel Macron.
She is also the subject of a preliminary inquiry into the use made of the means made available to her as ambassador of the clusters.
Finalist of the 2007 presidential election, she has repeated several times in recent months that she could be a candidate for that of 2022.
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