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It is in Poitiers that will be held, from this Monday, the last “great consultation” launched under the five-year term of Emmanuel Macron. Announced by the Elysee Palace last June after an interview requested by the two highest magistrates of France – François Molins and Chantal Arens – “worried” about the state of French justice, the “States General of Justice” will be opened by the Head of State. On the occasion of his trip, Emmanuel Macron will unveil the timetable and the terms of this exercise which aims to “reconsider” the functioning of justice to “restore” confidence between the institution and the French. But six months before the presidential election, what will these States General be able to serve? Our journalist Hélène Sergent explains everything to you.
Although planned for a long time, it is a meeting which finally falls in a particularly stormy context for the Church of France, confronted with the shattering revelations on sexual abuse and a controversy around the “secret of confession”. Jean Castex will indeed be received this Monday morning at the Vatican by Pope Francis. The meeting, originally planned to celebrate the centenary of the restoration of diplomatic relations between France and the Vatican, will obviously not be able to ignore the pedophile scandals after the publication on October 5 of the conclusions of the Independent Commission on sexual abuse in the Church (Ciase), chaired by Jean-Marc Sauvé.
The courtrooms will hear a new resound of the name of Nicolas Sarkozy. This time, however, the former President of the Republic will be absent from this judicial meeting to which five of his former advisers or collaborators are invited. Twelve years after the revelation of the facts, Claude Guéant, at the time secretary general of the Elysee Palace, Patrick Buisson, ex-presidential adviser of the far right, and three other people are judged from this Monday before the criminal court in the so-called “Elysee polls” affair. Nicolas Sarkozy is, for his part, covered by his presidential immunity.