Did Rachida Dati facilitate the adoption of her audiovisual law by violently attacking Patrick Cohen... or did she undermine it?
Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture, here in November 2024. (Photo by Xose Bouzas / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) XOSE BOUZAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP
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This Monday, MPs will begin examining the audiovisual law introduced by the Minister of Culture. The outcome of the vote is highly uncertain. Rachida Dati's attacks on Patrick Cohen on the show "C à vous" are likely to have an impact. But in what way?
On June 18, Rachida Dati arrived on the set of the show "C à vous" (France 5) with her sprayer. She knew then that Patrick Cohen was going to question her about fees she allegedly received several years ago from GDF Suez, when she was a member of the European Parliament, according to revelations by "Complément d'enquête" and "Nouvel Obs." In addition, that very morning, she heard the journalist criticize her draft law on audiovisual media on France Inter, a few days before its debate in the National Assembly on June 30. Two good reasons for her to fight with Cohen.
Upon her appointment to the Ministry of Culture in 2024, Rachida Dati had indeed pounced on this famous sea serpent reform, playing the bully, more or less in these terms: "For years while others have been struggling over it, I, Rachida Dati, will succeed. The reform of the judicial map was also deemed unfeasible, well once I was Minister of Justice I had done it." But as the deadline approached, the outcome of the vote on the...
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