Is there a place in politics for people like me who come from other places? » Last February, Pape Ndiaye was asking aloud the question that had remained unresolved since joining the education ministry. Can an intellectual like him, who specializes in the history of minorities in the United States, find his place in the political backwaters? Since Thursday afternoon, he has the answer: in the eyes of Emmanuel Macron and his prime minister, Elizabeth Bourne, the answer is no. He was too retiring, not enough to impress the public, not keep enough of his administration, and the reproaches were numerous. It is sufficient for the President of the Republic to choose to abandon one of the symbols of the first government in his second five-year term. Gabriel Attal succeeded him in national education.
Behind Ndiaye’s failure hides many paradoxes. I, not me
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