The Secretary of State, Marlène Schiappa, continues to make people talk about her. The one who was controversial by posing for PlayBboy magazine has just been pinned by the Senate. Indeed, her management of the Marianne Fund, set up following the assassination of Samuel Paty, casts doubt on the behavior of the Minister. While 2.5 million euros have been allocated to associations to fight against radicalism and separatism, Marlène Schiappa has a “political responsibility” in the fiasco of the management of these funds, according to the Senate inquiry committee. This is, in any case, what is said in his report, delivered on Thursday, July 6th.
As confirmed by our colleagues from RTL, the authors of these conclusions “blame Marlène Schiappa for having wanted to make a political communication stunt. Very present in the initial choice of the beneficiaries of the subsidies, she then loses interest in the results of their actions. “.
Several elected officials confided in the media. This is the case of some senators who “deplore that Marlène Schiappa spent her time discarding and avoiding answering during her hearing.” Jean-François Husson will also declare that at “all the stages of this project, the lack of rigor, the opacity and, I say it, the casualness, led to the fiasco”.
After this report where Marlène Schiappa is pinned, the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office will have to decide to, possibly, prosecute the Secretary of State criminally. This case, which has been going on for many weeks, will therefore not be settled soon. In addition, rumors of a possible redesign that is approaching are increasingly heard. What is Marlène Schiappa’s future in government? Despite her link with Emmanuel Macron, the latter could well be in the hot seat.
