“My goal is Paris”: Rachida Dati announces she will be a candidate for the 2026 municipal elections
“The President of the Republic made very strong announcements yesterday, said Wednesday morning Rachida Dati on the microphone of RTL. Compulsory theater, art history… that culture becomes an educational, academic issue. » The new Minister of Culture alluded to the “civic rearmament” mentioned by Emmanuel Macron, emphasizing the need for a “cultural rearmament”.
“Culture is complementary” measures that affect the purchasing power of the French, believes Nicolas Sarkozy’s former minister. “You cannot say “I must eat, but not cultivate myself””she declared again, and added: “Culture is a response of civilization. »
The one who is still the president of the main opposition group to the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo (PS), also spoke about the municipal elections of 2026: “My goal is Paris,” she declared on RTL. At the question : “Will you be a candidate for City Hall? [de Paris] ? »Rachida Dati replied: “Of course, I have always said it, I am elected Parisian, I was elected in 2020, and we are going to start again. I will bring together all those who want things to change in Paris. » The Minister of Culture said “take an expression from Jean-Luc Mélenchon” when she claimed not to have “with the modesty of a gazelle, I hide behind nothing”.
Questioned about comments made previously, in which Rachida Dati spoke ” traitors ” component “Macronie”the Minister of Culture affirmed that she did not “never attacked the President of the Republic”neither “betrayed his beliefs”.
Without giving any clues on measures that would be taken in the direction of “culture for all”,Mme Dati, who “believe[t] to the rule of law »however, confided that he was “very serene” regarding his indictment status. “I have given all the elements to justice, she said, what reassures me is that this is the only argument for my opponents. »