And seven. In one month, no less than seven people working in the office of Government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot left their positions. This Saturday, the resignation of three new councilors was recorded, the subject of a decree published in the Official Journal.
The functions of Prisca Thévenot’s special advisor, her “parliamentary and local elected” advisor, as well as her advisor “in charge of the argument” were “terminated”, specifies the decree.
“Communication hiccups”
The three concerned “submitted their resignation”, according to the daily Releasewhich echoed these departures on Friday evening by making the link with “the behavior of a government spokesperson weakened by communication hiccups”.
Appointed in January, the minister had already lost her “discourse” advisor at the beginning of April, questioned by a Mediapart investigation revealing her “attraction” to the ideas of far-right essayist Alain Soral.
A boondoggle over the terrorist threat
Then in mid-April, his director, his deputy director and his chief of staff slammed the door at the same time. His three main advisers were immediately replaced by other ministerial collaborators. The spokesperson had meanwhile found herself at the center of a mix-up over the terrorist threat, announcing an “attempt to take action” during the Easter weekend before having to correct her own statements during ‘a report from the Council of Ministers.