Dhe recent government reshuffle in France under Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne was unavoidable: posts whose holders had been defeated in the elections to the National Assembly had to be filled. Emmanuel Macron also took the opportunity to remove a minister who had become a problem: Damien Abad, Minister for Solidarity, Autonomy and Disabled People – actually one of those prominent defectors from other political camps that Macron likes to present. Because as a former group leader of the conservative Les Républicains party in the National Assembly, Abad embodied a cross-party appeal of Macron’s projects. The President would have liked to keep him.
The fact that he refrained from doing so is probably due to pressure from the prime minister: Abad had been accused by two women of rape and attempted rape; on June 29, it was announced that a police investigation into one of the cases had been launched. Abad is one of several Macron ministers who have been accused of abusive behavior towards women. Before him it was the remaining Ministers Gérald Darmanin (Interior) and Éric Dupond-Moretti (Justice); Nicolas Hulot (environment) was eliminated for other reasons, but similar allegations were made against him later. State Secretary Chrysoula Zacharopoulou (a gynecologist in civilian life) is also currently facing allegations of rape, but the case is different, it is an interpretation of medical gestures. Even if nothing has been legally decided in the Abad case: Borne didn’t need a minister paralyzed by lawsuits, all the less so since she is dedicating her term of office to “all the little girls” whom she encourages to pursue their dreams.
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