Borne government in France: ministers in the sights of feminist associations
The new Minister of Public Service, Stanislas Guerini.
Here at the National Assembly on March 21, 2020, in Paris.
Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP
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A month after the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, the new government is complete.
The transfers of power between the outgoing and incoming ministers ended this Saturday, May 21 and everyone is therefore ready to work.
A new team that does not please everyone.
The association "
Osez le féminisme
" strongly condemns the presence in government of Gérald Darmanin, Eric Dupond-Moretti and Stanislas Guérini.
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“
We strongly condemn these three appointments
”, affirmed in a press release the activists of “
Osez le féminisme
”, seeing it as “
proof
” that “
the appointment of a woman to Matignon does not make a feminist policy
”.
The Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupond-Moretti, retained in his post, has long been criticized for taking sexist positions.
In 2018, he said, for example, that he found it astounding that whistling a woman would become a criminal offence.
As for the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who has also kept his portfolio, it is the
accusations of rape
against him that have earned him to be in the crosshairs of feminist movements.
Last January, the prosecution requested a dismissal.
It is now up to the examining magistrate to decide.
► To read also: The appointment of Gérald Darmanin to the Interior also reacts abroad (2020)
"
An Honest Man
"
Finally, Stanislas Guérini, a newcomer to the government, in charge of Transformation and the Public Service, is singled out for the remarks he made on Wednesday about Jérôme Peyrat, then candidate for the presidential majority in the legislative elections, condemned for domestic violence.
He is "
an honest man
" and "
I don't believe he is capable of violence against women
", declared Stanislas Guerini.
Several feminist organizations, including the Observatory of sexist and sexual violence in politics and the collective We all, call for demonstrations on Tuesday, May 24, in Paris against what they describe as the “
government of shame
”.
Activists say they are ready to support Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and her Minister for Equality between Women and Men Isabelle Rome if they take "strong measures" for women, including a budget of one billion euros for combat domestic violence.
(
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AFP)
►Also read: France: the government of Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne unveiled
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