"I was surprised to hear Olivier Faure, whom I know well and whom I accompanied in his divorces and separations. I was amazed at his moral lessons," said the Minister of the Interior on Wednesday. , arousing the indignation of a large part of the political class. Olivier Faure evokes, him, "a serious fault".

"The minister of gossip wallows in the mire". Christophe Castaner aroused the indignation of many political leaders on Wednesday, on the right as on the left, after having evoked the private life of the boss of the PS Olivier Faure, on bottom of Griveaux affair. "I was surprised to hear Olivier Faure, whom I know well and whom I accompanied in his divorces and his separations. I was amazed at his moral lessons", affirmed on France Inter the Minister of 'Interior, about his former friend and socialist comrade. He reacted to the words of Olivier Faure who had denounced the day before the "incredible lightness" of Benjamin Griveaux, forced to withdraw his candidacy for mayor of Paris after the dissemination of videos of a sexual nature on social networks.

Christophe Castaner, "shabby attack professional"

Christophe Castaner's intervention earned him a round of criticism from all sides, starting with the Socialist Party. Olivier Faure, first secretary of the PS and deputy for Seine-et-Marne, denounced a "serious fault", during a press conference at the Assembly held for the occasion. "Christophe Castaner has committed a serious fault. Therefore, it is up to the President of the Republic, guarantor of our institutions, to convene the Minister of the Interior as soon as possible and draw the consequences", stressed the boss of the PS during a press conference at the National Assembly.

"Amateur as a minister? But professional of the shabby attack. These words dishonor their author and put him on the level of those he claims to fight in this pathetic affair," pinged the boss of PS senators Patrick Kanner. "Still as dismal as ever," added MP Boris Vallaud.

Still on the left, the national secretary of EELV Julien Bayou estimated that "the minister of gossip wallows in the mire". "By what right the Minister of the Interior reveals the private life of Olivier Faure? LREM can claim anonymity on social networks, his minister is a real balance!", Said Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the CPF. For his colleague Manuel Bompard, MEP LFI, "we knew Castaner capable of anything. He confirms it again. Odious".

"Dear Olivier Faure, there was neither threat nor personal attack"

Also on the right, critics have flared. "By attacking Olivier Faure on his private life, Christophe Castaner shows the baseness of which this power is capable which degrades the political climate every day more", affirms Bruno Retailleau, president of the senators LR. "This man is Minister of the Interior ... what a shame!" reacted on Twitter the president of the National Rally Marine Le Pen. "What does that mean? 'I accompanied him in his divorces! Are we dreaming! Threat?' Exclaimed Sébastien Chenu, RN spokesperson.

Faced with this avalanche of criticism, Christophe Castaner reacted himself on Twitter in a message addressed to Olivier Faure: "Dear @faureolivier, there was neither threat nor personal attack in my words. We have known each other long enough for to both know that life is not linear. And we have sometimes faced it together. "