Rachida Dati's referral to the criminal court complicates the political situation in Paris

More than the referral of Rachida Dati to the criminal court for corruption and influence peddling on Tuesday, July 22, it was the violent attacks of the Minister of Culture against the magistrates, in reaction to this referral, which stunned the political class. "When you are a public official, when you are a minister, you do not attack the judges . We are not Trump's America, we are the French Republic," lectured the former MP (Renaissance) of Paris Clément Beaune, Wednesday on France 2. Pierre-Yves Bournazel, Horizons candidate for mayor of Paris, also criticized his probable rival in the municipal race: "The permanent buzz of Dati cannot be the alpha and omega of the campaign in Paris," denounces this close friend of Edouard Philippe, who wants to "put the project back at the heart of the debate" and poses as a "bulwark against the Trumpification of Parisian political life."

Emmanuel Macron and Gérald Darmanin's support for the minister has sparked a reaction even within Macronie. "The fact that the President of the Republic and the Minister of Justice, both responsible for the proper functioning of the justice system, are rushing to ^Ms. Dati's aid, shocks all those for whom the promise of impeccable ethics and the renewal of political practices had weighed heavily in their decision to join Emmanuel Macron in 2017," castigates former Renaissance MP Gilles Le Gendre. "A minister must leave the government when he is under investigation," Emmanuel Macron declared in 2017.

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