ROXANA MARACINEANU. The minister of Sports has been extended to this Monday, 6 July 2020, with the revision, in the government of Jean Castex. But it will be under the supervision of Jean-Michel Blanquer…
LAST MINUTE – The Sports minister Roxana Maracineanu is able to maintain the government, but to the head of a ministry delegate to the Sports and attached to the ministry of national Education, a change desired by some, a “problem” for others, which will, in any case, the question of his means. Several names were circulated to replace the former world champion of swimming, and his team swore to have no guarantee until the last hours prior to the announcement of the team of Jean Castex. Finally, Roxana Maracineanu the government, but must accept a delegate ministry, under the perimeter of a large portfolio of national Education, Youth and Sports, entrusted to Jean-Michel Blanquer. “We have the olympic and paralympic Games, Paris-2024, but we lose a ministry of full exercise. This is the beginning of the dismantling of the ministry of Sports,” said, reacting to the AFP, the former Sports minister Marie-George Buffet (1997-2002). A “relegation”, has tweeted, in turn, the mp Generation.s Régis Juanico. For him, the idea “may seem attractive on paper,” but “under the control of a juggernaut, the risk is that of dilution”. On the contrary, the boss of the French olympic committee (CNOSF), Denis Masseglia, sees his vow fulfilled, he who called a week ago even this approximation to construct d'”essential synergy” and “focus on youth”. “A ministry of full-year, it’s no use, (if the budget is low). Ca flatters the ego of the minister, that’s all,” he said.
The reshuffle of the government will he relate to the Sports ministry ? Since the appointment of Jean Castex, to the post of Prime minister, on Friday, the question on many lips in the sports world. The suspense will end today with the announcement of the composition of the government by Alexis Kohler, the secretary general of the Elysee, which should take place in the late afternoon. Roxana Maracineanu, who holds the position for a little less than two years (she replaced Laura Flessel September 4, 2018) has expressed its ambition to maintain his position but Emmanuel Macron and the new head of the government could be tempted to bring novelty to embody “the new way” promised by the head of State.
last week, several names of potential candidates for the post of Sports minister in the new government have been mentioned in the press. The newspaper The Team had shown, inter alia, in its edition of Saturday : “If Maracineanu goes, the favorite for the post is Karl Olive “. The latter, a former sports journalist on Canal+, was converted in politics since the late 1990s. He is the mayor of Poissy for 2014 and vice-president of the departmental council of the Yvelines since 2015. The sports daily also touched on other personalities, including the boxer boxer Sarah Ourahmoune, the president of the paralympic committee Marie-Amélie le Fur, the chair of the employers ‘ organisation CosMos Philippe Diallo… his side, Pascal Gentil, a former champion of taekwondo, has made application, on the 25th of June, always in The Team : “My name is circulating. I do not claim to nothing but I’m willing to serve my country as I always have done (…) Roxana is a friend (…) maybe she will remain in his position and that I will never be a minister but I have this approach to say that the French sport deserves to be recognised and valued differently”.
