Since Hamburg, the President of the Republic refused this Saturday to comment on the legal news about his trip to Las Vegas.
Emmanuel Macron refused on Saturday, after the G20, to comment on the case that weakens the Minister of Labor, Muriel Penicaud, and concerns a move to Las Vegas in 2016 of the Minister of Economy that he was then, Evoking the "adventures of everyday life".
Asked if Muriel Pénicaud retained any confidence after opening a judicial inquiry on Friday for "favoritism" in organizing the move, Emmanuel Macron recalled, at his press conference closing the summit Of the G20 in Hamburg, to have "laid down clear rules" on its expression abroad.
"So, when I ask them, I respect them, because, objectively, we are here on essential subjects that deserve better than the topical comments," he replied.
"A President does not comment on the judicial news"
The head of state said he would not have made more comments in Paris, "because a president of the republic does not comment, and a fortiori because a president of the republic does not comment on the 'Judicial news'.
An open judicial investigation for "favoritism and concealment of favoritism"
"In light of the first elements of the preliminary investigation" opened on March 13, the Paris public prosecutor opened a judicial investigation against X for "favoritism and concealment of favoritism."
The Minister of Labor said Friday in a succinct statement "take note" of the opening of this procedure and maintained "with the utmost firmness (not) nothing to reproach".
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The public agency Business France, of which Muriel Pénicaud was at the time general director, is suspected of having broken the regulation on the public contracts by not bidding for the organization of this trip in Las Vegas Of Emmanuel Macron, entrusted to the communication giant Havas in December 2015.
At the center of the affair: an evening, on January 6, 2016, in Las Vegas, in the middle of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), world high mass of technological innovation, during which the then minister of the " Economy had met with leaders of French start-ups.
The first official mission of Brigitte Macron as First Lady
It was her first mission as a first lady. Brigitte Macron participated Thursday in the concertation of the 4th autism plan and welcomed children at the Élysée. The president's wife does not want to remain in the shadows for the next five years.
She was on Thursday with children who came to the Élysée as part of the 4th autism plan. A symbol for Brigitte Macron. Because it is her first official mission as first lady.
"She has done a lot of work on these issues because she has been approached by relatives, a former student who is the mother of an autistic child and has renewed contact with her. A foundation on autism but at least on these subjects of education - and it is not for nothing that she was present at the Elysée - handicap and culture also, "analysis for BFMTV Myriam Encaoua, political journalist in Parisian.
"It's someone who adapts very easily"
No faux pas for this first action as first lady. Brigitte Macron welcomed the children and their teachers and showed them to her office.
"It is someone who adapts very easily, analyzes on the set of BFMTV Caroline Pigozzi, reporter in Paris Match. Then one must never forget her story that is that of a teacher who had to please all She is a woman of action, she is not an intimidating woman, she is solar, warm, lovable, so people go to she."
She does not intend to remain in the shadows
Brigitte Macron has already had lunch with some ministers, those in charge of National Education, Culture and the Secretary of State for Persons with Disabilities. Three topics that are particularly important to her. She wants to get involved in certain cases and does not intend to remain in the shade. Moreover, Emmanuel Macron had announced: he wants to define the status of the First Lady, a charter specifying his role is currently being prepared by the services of the presidency.