It’s a first that goes badly. The new Secretary of State for the City, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, gave an interview to Sunday newspaper, published Sunday, August 6. She is the first member of the government to speak in the columns of the weekly now run by the former editor-in-chief of Current valuesGeoffroy Lejeune, marked on the far right, again on newsstands after a historic editorial strike lasting forty days. “Pluralism is accepting confrontation”justifies Mme Agresti-Roubache in the interview, claiming “daughter of Cabu [dessinateur de Charlie Hebdo mort dans l’attentat du 7 janvier 2015] »to explain its participation in this new version of the JDD.
This interview carried out on Thursday August 3 surprised the political world, starting with Matignon, who had not been warned beforehand, confirms to the World the Prime Minister’s entourage, who preferred “wait to see the editorial line” highlighted by Geoffroy Lejeune. “If we had been consulted before, we would probably not have given a favorable opinion, indicates a source close to the executive. Make the first political interview in this first JDD Geoffroy Lejeune version, it goes badly…” According France infothe Secretary of State would have since been “cropped” by Matignon, which the teams of the Prime Minister deny to the World.
The interview was nevertheless reread and validated by Matignon and by the Elysée before publication. “It’s a personal choice. She is a minister and claims to express herself everywhere, given her personal background, her experience., says one in the entourage of Emmanuel Macron. Close to the presidential couple, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache already regularly visited the CNews channel as a Renaissance MP for Bouches-du-Rhône, and gave her first interview there as a member of the government after the reshuffle. Contacted by The worldshe did not wish to respond to our requests.
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Within the government team, the initiative caused debate. “We can talk about anything, but not with anyone, or at any time”, noted the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, on RMC Monday, August 7. Asked about LCI, the Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone, indicated that “it doesn’t give[ait] don’t want” to respond to interviews at JDDbefore specifying on X (formerly Twitter), that she would go “defend the government’s positions everywhere”.
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