Caroline Cayeaux, who worked in the Territorial Collectives portfolio, had also been accused of homophobia this summer
Caroline Cayeaux, the French deputy minister for Territorial Communities, resigned this Monday by surprise from the French government, five months after taking office, the Élysée Palace announced. Cayeaux, who was charged with homophobia this summer, justified her resignation over disagreements over the value of her assets with the High Authority for Political Transparency (HATVP).
This body charged with monitoring French public officials believes that the deputy minister has “undervalued” her assets. Despite Cayeaux’s clarification, the HATVP continues to question her “sincerity”, for which, she explained, she preferred to resign “so as not to hinder the government’s action”.
His entry into the Executive last July was surrounded by controversy. Cayeaux, who comes from the Los Republicanos party, has been accused of homophobia by various NGOs and the left. They blamed him for saying in 2013 that gay marriage and child adoption by gay couples were “against nature”.
The 74-year-old Cayeaux confirmed this summer that he still opposes same-sex marriage, although he explained that he had “a lot of friends among these people”, which was interpreted by this group as a derogatory wording towards them.
The conservative politician is replaced in the position by Dominique Faure, who until now was Secretary of State for the Countryside. Faure was last week in charge of defending the French government’s position in the bullfighting debate in the National Assembly, and opposed the ban in southern France’s bullfighting departments. This pro-bullfighting Gallic policy believes that “the bullfight is an ancestral tradition” in the country and that it is necessary to maintain it in order to guarantee “the diversity of the area”.
Cayeaux’s resignation comes days after the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF) opened two proceedings over alleged irregularities in the accounts of French President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 and 2022 election campaigns, and the role of private advisers in them.
Source: La Verdad
I am an experienced and passionate journalist with a strong track record in news website reporting. I specialize in technology coverage, breaking stories on the latest developments and trends from around the world. Working for Today Times Live has given me the opportunity to write thought-provoking pieces that have caught the attention of many readers.
