Shuffle: Damien Abad and Chrysoula Zacharopoulo take the door

A ministerial reshuffle is an opportunity to casually review the tip of the nose, such as Marlène Schiappa, who returns to us as Head of the social and solidarity economy and associative life, or Sarah El Haïry, who recovers the position of Secretary of State responsible for youth and commitment … and it is also responsible for others a way to be elegantly put aside, because they are considered a little too embarrassing.

It was finally on Monday 4th July that the departure of the Minister of Solidarity, Autonomy and the Disabled was announced. Despite the three testimonies revealed by Mediapart, then the denunciation of one of the women who accuses Damien Abad of attempted rape, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne did not want to suspend her minister and repeat over and over again that women must go to justice.

A timely redesign

However, several media outlets had revealed that they were clearly opposed to his continuation, going so far as to describe the minister as “ball”. Elisabeth Borne also visibly clashed with the rejection of Emmanuel Macron, who proclaims his attachment to the presumption of innocence when someone confronts him with the fact that his government contains people accused of sexual violence.

However, this government review is timely, as a minister explains to Gala: “If there wasn’t a reshuffle, it wouldn’t move. There, the reorganization would give a less jurisprudential character to Abad’s eviction. “ Clearly everyone will be able to see in this departure of Damien Abad what they want to see there, but Emmanuel Macron does not set a precedent. Gérald Darmanin, who remains well in the government, can therefore continue to sleep peacefully.

Damien Abad has just left the government, we discover that a new woman has testified to BFM against him.

Its chilling story finds many similarities to another that Mediapart had picked up: an evening at the bar, a blackout and a memoryless awakening in a hotel room. The facts allegedly took place in 2013 in Paris.

Chrysoula Zacharopoulo, also dismissed by the government

Weeks of controversy finally over and an embarrassing page what time?

It is another thorn in Elisabeth Borne’s side who will leave this Monday 4th July: the Secretary of State for Development, Chrysoula Zacharopoulo.

Several testimonies disseminated in the press have denounced in recent weeks the practices of the gynecologist, a specialist in endometriosis. Two reports of rape were filed, by women who claim to have been victims “Penetations performed without their consent during a medical examination”.

The case has raised many questions and debates about the qualification of rape for medical acts.