“My probity is intact.” From the Senate report on the Marianne fund, Marlène Schiappa retained the essentials: she did nothing reprehensible. “I welcome the publication of the Senate report which makes a certain number of criticisms, of course, but above all which gives recommendations for the future. Interesting recommendations in my opinion, which must be studied, ”said in an interview with Corse-Morning the Secretary of State in charge of the Social and Solidarity Economy and Associative Life.
“Then I see that the charges against me have been deflated. Some have spoken of embezzlement, of favoritism, and today the chairman of the Senate inquiry committee himself admitted that these accusations were absurd. My probity is intact and that is what matters to me, ”she assured.
“Handiness and Loss of Memory”
An optimistic reading of the Senate report, given the content of the “criticisms” actually formulated by Jean-François Husson (LR). On July 6, the rapporteur of the Senate investigation devoted to this controversial file, had squashed the management of the Marianne Fund, denouncing “lack of rigor”, “opacity” and “casuality” and qualifying as a “fiasco” this initiative intended to fund counter-narratives to radical Islam. He also lamented that during her long hearing before the commission of inquiry, Marlène Schiappa was “largely discarded on (her) cabinet” and that she had “a lot of memory loss”.
In the case of the Marianne Fund, justice also opened an investigation, entrusted to an examining magistrate at the beginning of May, for “embezzlement of public funds, embezzlement of public funds by negligence, breach of trust and illegal taking of interests”. Figure of the Macron galaxy and member of the government since 2017, Marlène Schiappa has seen her star fade. It is now weakened, with repeated calls for resignation from the left opposition. “It is the game of the opposition to call for the resignation of such and such a member of the government as soon as there is a problem or a controversy. For my part, I retain the many supports of my government colleagues and many others and that is what is important to me, ”she reacted in Corse-Matin on Sunday.