President Emmanuel Macron, who last month promised to introduce drama classes and compulsory art history in schools, reportedly persuaded Dati to take the ministerial post on a promise to shake up the elitist cultural system. It is being
He also allegedly promised to support her ambition to become mayor of Paris in 2026.
“A common touch”
In a speech last week, Dati said, “We want to put culture at the heart of our social project and make it an experience that is available to everyone… so that no one can say, ‘It’s not for me.’ “I will do it,” he vowed.
The concept of weism (the French use the English term) arrived in France later than in the US or UK, along with cancel culture, but it has become a hot topic in the run-up to June’s European elections. Macron’s Renaissance faction faces defeat against Le Pen’s party.
RN campaign leader Jourdan Bardera is not only working to defend farmers, but also taking aim at the weightism creeping into French society.
Born to an illiterate Moroccan bricklayer and an Algerian mother, Dati’s “common sense” and aversion to political correctness made him, like Attal himself, an insidious foil to the rise of the RN. considered a role.
“Culture is not about erasing”
She said she had convened a meeting of regional cultural action directors “next week” and said: “I will ask them to ensure that we support creative freedom and not support these new censors.” I’m going to ask for it,” he added.
“The fight against discrimination and social determinism is a battle. Culture is not about dismantling or erasing. I will not take the side of censorship,” she said.
Mr. Dati is not Macron’s first cabinet member to pursue a Woke ideology. Former education minister Jean-Michel Blanquet once described it as a threat to French democracy.
She took part in protests against actor Gerard Depardieu, accused of sexual assault, in December, when Macron defended the president from what he called a public “lynching”. He replaced Rima Abdul Malak, who caused outrage.