US EditionFrench minister Rachida Dati resigns to launch her Paris mayoral bid
- French Culture Minister Rachida Dati resigned on February 25 to run for mayor of Paris in the upcoming municipal elections starting in two and a half weeks.
- Dati described the municipal elections as "the battle of my life" and submitted her resignation to President Emmanuel Macron.
- During her tenure, she faced challenges including strikes and a jewellery heist at the Louvre Museum.
- She aimed to improve Paris and Parisians' lives despite the difficulties encountered while in office.
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Less than three weeks from the first round, Rachida Dati decided: the Minister of Culture resigns to devote herself entirely to the conquest of the City Hall, opening a new decisive phase
The very media minister of culture will leave the government to devote herself to the municipal campaign in Paris. Franceinfo asked parliamentarians from all walks of life, specialists in cultural issues, about the successes and failures of the former sarkozyst.
French minister Rachida Dati resigns to launch her Paris mayoral bid
The outspoken minister, who said she handed her resignation to French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday morning, had survived a series of cabinet reshuffles since January 2024 despite facing corruption charges for which she will appear in court in the autumn.
The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, announced on the evening of Wednesday 25 February that she had handed over her resignation from the government to President Emmanuel Macron to "lead the fight of his life" in the municipal elections in Paris, two and a half weeks from the first round.
The candidate in the Paris municipal elections resigned from her post as Minister of Culture this Wednesday.
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