LIVE – A woman appointed to Matignon? Edith Cresson wishes him “a lot of courage”

8:12Canonization of Charles de Foucauld: Darmanin replaces Castex at the head of the French delegation to the Vatican this SundayJean Castex was to lead the French delegation to the Vatican on the occasion of the canonization of three Frenchmen this Sunday, including Charles de Foucald. He had to give it up after the announcement by the President of the Republic of a trip to the United Arab Emirates, the two heads of the executive not being able to leave the national territory at the same time. It is ultimately the Minister of the Interior who will make this trip to Rome.”This Sunday, I have the honor of leading, at the request of the President of the Republic, the French delegation to the Vatican for the canonization ceremony of three of our compatriots including Charles de Foucauld”, tweeted Gérald Darmanin. 7:40 Clémentine Autain will be the guest of BFM Politique this Sunday at noon The rebellious French deputy elected in Seine-Saint-Denis, Clémentine Autain, will be on our antenna this Sunday from noon. She is indeed the guest of our journalist Jean-Baptiste Boursier on the occasion of BFM Politique. , minister under Jacques Chirac, linked to the social side of the right … but less to the ecological theme. This morning, our political journalist, Benjamin Duhamel, analyzed on set the strengths and handicaps of Catherine Vautrin to apply for Matignon. 7:17Edith Cresson wishes “a lot of courage” to a possible Prime Minister and denounces the “machismo” of the political class Will a second woman be appointed to Matignon? Edith Cresson, the only one to have held the post of Prime Minister, wishes him “a lot of courage” and “casttigates the “machismo of the French political class” in an interview with the JDD.” The fact that there is only “in France that the question” arises of appointing a woman to Matignon is “scandalous in my eyes”, denounces Edith Cresson, who remained less than 11 months in this position, from May 1991 to April 1992, during the second seven-year term of François Mitterrand “Has it been asked in the UK, where Margaret Thatcher held power for eleven years? In Germany where Angela Merkel was chancellor for sixteen years? Never. The same for Portugal where a woman had been appointed Prime Minister long before me…”, she underlines. According to the former tenant of Matignon, “it is not the country which is macho: it is his political class. These are the same attacks as today. They lent me comments that I had never made, they threw constant criticism at me, they made comments about my dress, “says the former socialist leader.