Marianne Fund: calls for the resignation of Marlène Schiappa are increasing

A fiasco. The conclusions of the Senate commission of inquiry into the Marianne fund were severe this Thursday, July 6. Already targeted by judicial information from the PNF, the management of this envelope against separatism, set up in 2021 by Marlène Schiappa, has been criticized for its “lack of rigor”, its “opacity” and its “casualness”. After two months of work, the report of the senators is "without appeal": they denounce the "drift of a political coup". Responsible for Citizenship in Beauvau at the time of the pinned facts, Marlène Schiappa was personally cited by parliamentarians for her "political responsibility" in this "mess",

Very quickly, La France insoumise pleaded for the person concerned, now Secretary of State in charge of Associative Life, to leave the government. “Resign. Out of respect for the memory of Samuel Paty”, decided the boss of the LFI deputies, Mathilde Panot, on Twitter. "After that, any employee would be made redundant, any craftsman would lose their contracts", added his colleague from the Somme, François Ruffin, before enjoining him: "Leave, and quickly!". The elected representative of Val-de-Marne, Clémence Guetté, for her part demanded to "end with the government of a small band at the service of his friends".

The first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure even made a mocking comment, fearing that “Marlène Schiappa had passed her exam to stay in government”. For his part, the leader of the PS deputies, Boris Vallaud, invited the Secretary of State to "finally assume his responsibilities and question his resignation".

On the right, the president of the LR group in the Senate, Bruno Retailleau, deplored “to see the fight against separatism tainted by com shots, personal settling of scores and privileges.” Before maintaining that ““the exemplary Republic” was definitely only an electoral slogan”.

Discreet, the executive has not gone to the rescue of his minister since Thursday. Only Stanislas Guérini, Minister of Transformation and Public Service, supported his colleague this Friday morning on Sud Radio. Depicted as "courageous" and "committed", Marlène Schiappa retains all her confidence: "I am proud to be next to her to lead these questions so we will continue like this."