NormanH Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Is shown here, together with the Ministers being replacedhttp://elections.lefigaro.fr/presidentielle-2012/2012/05/16/01039-20120516ARTFIG00710-ce-gouvernement-qui-succede-aux-ministres-de-fillon.phpIt has to be said that it could be very temporary if the Legislatives swing back from the Socialists, but there seem a few improvements in this list, as well as one or two unknowns.17 women out of 34 Ministers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 We will have to wait a bit to see how it all gels together - to me at least, there are many unknown people, no idea what this will all bring! I notice that J.M. Ayrault as an ex German teacher, is fluent in German. Manuel Vals is fluent in Spanish, Catalan, and Italian. Let's hope that a few others are fluent in English? Showing my own bias, I will be interested to see what Cécile Duflot manages. What happend to Bertrand Delanoe, who was supposed to be Minister of Justice? And what happens to Ségolène Royal - although some of her best mates were picked as ministers (like Aurelie Filipetti?)You said something elsewhere about Roselyne Bachelot. I have always had a weak spot for her too, she is the one I was sorry to see go. I do hope we will see her again (am also in awe of the amount of weight she has managed to lose, not with "dieting" proper, but just doing sport, eating less, and giving up on the morning viennoiseries.) (sorry, off topic!)[:D]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 double post? How is that possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Segolene will be chair of the parliament, I think.Well, 17 and 17; that at least will save on bedrooms at conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 I think I saw a glint of humour in the appointment of Kader Arif as Minister for les 'Anciens Combattants' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Marie-Arlette Carlotti, ministre déléguée au handicap, est née à BéziersWould it be too much to hope she could do something to make the town aware of the problems of people who suffer..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 And they have had to sign up to a code of professional ethics http://www.lemonde.fr/election-presidentielle-2012/article/2012/05/17/une-charte-de-deontologie-pour-les-ministres_1703180_1471069.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've been trying to gen up a bit on who's who so as not to be totally ignorant.So........they're going to reduce their pay by 30%, from Hollande down, and that's the good news.However, when I tried to find out a bit about the new foreign minister, Fabius, I get the scandalous gossip that he was an ex-lover of, guess who, no other than one Carla Bruni!This, to me, sounds positively incestuous [:-))][8-)]I thought that in France, the personal lives of people in the public arena were off-limits?No, please don't take me too seriously. I'm just havin' a bit of a larf, moi........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Oooops: En arabe, Ayrault peut signifier 'pénis'!!! So, France is now run by a dick. What's new?http://next.liberation.fr/sexe/2012/05/17/en-arabe-ayrault-peut-siginifer-penis_819391 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I very much like the "non cumul des mandats" - it's taken a long time coming!!! It has been really outrageous how some of those politicians were supposed to fill several separate functions, each of which would require an almost 24/7 amount of dedication for the job to be done properly. Now, if you are a minister, you are "just" a minister and have to give up on the other things - however lucrative all those simultaneous posts were. Astonishing that it has finally happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Opening a hornet's nest there S17 looking into Fabius. I do believe he has avoided jail somehow or other, he's a wriggler and a squirmer and probably will do quite well in his new job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 [quote user="woolybanana"]Oooops: En arabe, Ayrault peut signifier 'pénis'!!! So, France is now run by a dick. What's new?http://next.liberation.fr/sexe/2012/05/17/en-arabe-ayrault-peut-siginifer-penis_819391[/quote] And Putin in Russia and we just need Ed Balls to become PM and we'll have quite a salacious mix of political names nez pah![Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/17/french-ministers-austerity-wages-code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/john-lichfield/john-lichfield-najat-vallaudbelkacem--the-young-muslim-woman-at-the-heart-of-frances-modern-regime-7763953.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Eva Joly a possible "Haut Commissaire à la réforme financière?" I would imagine her rather fierce and uncompromising in that post. She has the right kind of experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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