“To all these people”: a hundred personalities denounce the words of Caroline Cayeux in a forum
It was announced on Friday July 15. A forum denouncing the remarks of the Minister Delegate for Local Authorities made in 2012 against marriage for all, amplified by her clumsy excuses to “These peopleTuesday, July 12, was published in the Sunday newspaper this July 17. titled “To all those people», it was signed by 129 personalities and political leaders including former ministers and even members of the presidential majority.
The signatories wonder:How to accept the remarks made by the Minister in charge of Territorial Communities on the eve of the national holiday? How to accept that a member of the executive, whose first role is to ensure the application of the laws, can call “those people” French citizens? How not to see that, in his mind, they do not belong to the same category of citizens?“. They add, moreover, thathomosexuality no longer constitutes a crime since August 4, 1982.»
“his regrets would have had a real impact if they had had at least the strength of sincerity.»
The platform “To all these people”
The forum recalls that Caroline Cayeux certainly apologized for these comments from 2012, but “The question is not whether this new minister has, in her entourage, friends among “those people”, like a mask on her prejudices“, denounce the authors. “She deliberately chose to maintain homophobic remarks: it is certainly reprehensible. And only a judge should decide that.»
The text published in the JDD does not explicitly call for the resignation of Caroline Cayeux. But he asks the questionif the government, in its duty of solidarity, validates the position of one of its members, and if the majority subscribes to its attitude. It is a matter of defending not such and such a community, but respect for the principle of equality and legality by a member of the government. We know that setting an example is more necessary than ever to maintain peaceful and constructive democratic debate.Several members of the government have already spoken on the subject, including Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne. Everyone seems to now want to move on.
“His words hurt many of us personally“, assure the signatories. “While the extremist and populist parties put the country, through their objective alliance, in a situation of permanent social tension, it is up to the elected officials who find themselves in the values of the Republic to work even more to unite, and not divide. The words of a minister, regardless of her protocol rank, have a symbolic force that often exceeds the legal force: her regrets would have had a real impact if they had had at least the force of sincerity.»
Ironically, a column published in the JDD and signed by Caroline Cayeux had undoubtedly favored the entry of the mayor of Beauvais into the government. The elected official had validated a text of support from 600 local elected officials for Emmanuel Macron during the presidential election. It remains to be seen whether this new platform will seal its fate.
Below is the list of the 129 signatories:
- Mikaël Agopiantz, gynecologist, lecturer in Nancy
- Frédéric Aguilera, mayor of Vichy
- Saïd Aït-Ouaraz, Deputy Mayor of Anthony
- Driss Aït-Youssef, Doctor of Public Law
- Samia Badat-Karam, Councilor of Paris
- Quentin Bataillon, MP for the Loire
- Aurélien Beaucamp, CSR Director
- Christophe Beaugrand, journalist
- Patty Beaumier, collaborator of the Ile-de-France Rassembly group
- Arnaud Beaumont, president of Modem Isère
- Florence Berthout, mayor of the 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Philippe Besson, writer
- Olivier Blond, regional councilor for Ile-de-France
- Julie Boilot, former elected representative of Paris
- Franck Boisselet, referent LREM Paris 12th
- Benoît Bordat, MP for the Côte d’Or
- Jean-Marc Borello, President of the SOS Group
- Adrien Borne, writer
- Frédéric Borriello, producer
- Karim Bouamrane, mayor of Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine and vice-president of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis
- Alix Bougeret, councilor for Paris, regional councilor for Ile-de-France
- Antoine Boulay, President of Bien Commun Advisory
- Doctor Michel Bourelly, president of an association for the fight against AIDS
- Delphine Burkli, mayor of the 9th arrondissement of Paris
- Doctor Hervé Cael, municipal and metropolitan councilor of Nice, administrator of GayLib
- Pauline Caillat, former ministerial cabinet director
- François de Cambiaire, lawyer
- Yves-Marie Cann, former special adviser to Agnès Pannier-Runacher
- Clémentine Charlemaine, General Delegate of Cinema for All
- James Cheron, Mayor of Montereau-fault-Yonne, Vice-President of the Ile-de-France Region
- Billy Chrétien, departmental councilor of Côte d’Or
- Cédric Clech, mayor of Tonnerre, departmental councilor of Yonne
- Jérôme Courduriès, anthropologist, teacher-researcher at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès
- Boris Cyrulnik, neuropsychiatrist
- Sarah Daninthe, Olympic medalist, data product manager
- Florian Dautil, municipal councilor delegated to the city of Saint-Ouen
- Michelle Dayan, lawyer
- Sabrina Decanton, 1st deputy to the city of Saint-Ouen
- Matthieu Delcambre, Deputy Mayor of Boutigny-sur-Essonne
- Sophie Deschiens, deputy mayor of Levallois, regional councilor of Ile-de-France
- Joël Deumier, former president of SOS Homophobia
- Laurence Drake, general delegate of the foundation Act against exclusion (FACE)
- Sébastien Dromigny, mayor of St Just en Brie (Seine-et-Marne), regional councilor of Ile-de-France
- Sébastien Dulermo, 1st deputy mayor of the 9th arrondissement of Paris
- Henry Dupas, president of the Young Radicals
- Xabi Elizagoyen, deputy mayor of Rueil-Malmaison, departmental councilor of Hauts-de-Seine
- Laurent Escure, General Secretary of the UNSA
- Sylvain Fort, former adviser to the President of the Republic
- Philippe Foussier, vice-president of Unity Lay
- Isabelle Froment-Meurice, 1st Deputy Mayor of Villiers Saint Benoit, Vice-President of the Department of Yonne
- Mathieu Gallet, entrepreneur, president of Majelan.
- Raphaël Gérard, MP for Charente-Maritime
- Frédérick Getton, president and co-founder of Centr’égaux (association of LGBT+ centrists and democrats), member of the board of the MoDem Paris
- Joël Giraud, deputy for Hautes-Alpes, former minister
- Nicolas Gorjux, 1st Deputy Mayor of Cannes
- Alex Goude, animator and director
- Thierry Guerrier, journalist
- David Guillerm, president of Democrats for the Planet, member of the MoDem
- Thierry Hebbrecht, regional councilor for Ile-de-France
- Serge Hefez, psychiatrist
- Eléonore Heuzé, press officer
- Antoine Hoareau, deputy mayor of Dijon, vice-president of Dijon metropolis
- Christian Honoré, councilor of the 18th arrondissement of Paris
- Pascal Houzelot, founder of PINK TV and the Isota association
- Fabrice Hyber, visual artist, member of the Academy of Fine Arts
- Aurélie Jean, doctor of science and entrepreneur
- Vincent Jeanbrun, mayor of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, president of the Ile-de-France group gathered at the Ile-de-France regional council
- Fabien Joly, lawyer, spokesperson for the ADFH
- Patrick Karam, Vice-President of the Ile-de-France Region
- Pierre Karleskind, MEP
- Jack Lang, President of the Arab World Institute
- Yann-Maël Larher, municipal councilor of Boulogne-Billancourt, deputy president of GayLib
- Jose Levy, designer
- Ronan Loas, mayor of Plœmeur, vice-president of the departmental council of Morbihan
- Emilie Lopez, journalist
- Sophie Lorant, former Ministerial Advisor
- Jean-Pierre Lecoq, mayor of the 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Vincent Leclercq, NGO leader
- Pierre Lungheretti, Deputy Director of the National Theater of Chaillot
- Eric Maillard, producer
- Vincent Malard, collaborator of David Belliard (deputy mayor of Paris)
- Ambroise Méjean, president of Youth with Macron (JAM)
- Anne-Louise Mesadieu, deputy mayor of Chaville, regional councilor of Ile-de-France
- Catherine Michaud, president of GayLib, regional councilor of Ile-de-France
- Nelson Monfort, journalist
- Romain Mouton, president of the Cercle de Giverny
- Jean Nainchrik, producer
- Sarah Nerozzi-Banfi, deputy mayor of Herblay, general secretary of the Île-de-France Rassembly group
- Arnaud Ngatcha, Deputy Mayor of Paris
- Rachid Ouramdane, director of the national theater of Chaillot
- François Ouzilleau, Mayor of Vernon
- Anne-Valérie Payet, actress, screenwriter, director
- Sarah Persil, Vice-President of the Bourgogne Franche Comté Region
- Béatrice Picon-Vallin, research director at the CNRS
- Brigitte Pistre, mayor of Frazé
- Olivier Ponsoye, association leader
- Yannick Prioux, patient association manager
- Guillaume Rivalland, co-founder of Trait d’Union (association of progressive and republican collaborators)
- Jean-Luc Romero, Deputy Mayor of Paris, President of Elected Locals Against AIDS
- Michèle Rubirola, 1st Deputy Mayor of Marseille
- Virginie Salmen, co-founder of ViensSeeMonTaf
- Gilles Schmidt, municipal councilor of Rambouillet, president of the Radical Party 78
- Georges Sérignac, Grand Master of the Grand Orient of France
- Albin Serviant, CEO I/O Media, publishing director of TÊTU
- Michel Simon, president of Artemuses
- Camille Simonet, head of feminist association
- Bertrand Sirven, former deputy chief of staff of Bruno Le Maire
- Camille Spire, president of AIDES
- Jean Spiri, vice-president of CRIPS
- Benoît Solès, author, actor, regional councilor for Ile-de-France
- Chrystel Sombret, deputy chief of staff of the Île-de-France Rassembly group
- Nicolas Soret, Mayor of Joigny, Vice-President of the Bourgogne Franche Comté region
- Alexandra Szpiner, regional councilor for Ile-de-France
- Irène Théry, sociologist
- Chenva Tieu, founder of the Talks of Excellence
- Nathalie Tortrat, mayor of Gouvernes, regional councilor of Ile-de-France
- Guillaume Trichard, deputy general secretary of the UNSA
- Catherine Tripon, spokesperson for L’Autre Cercle
- Catherine Tronel, Mayor of Argentenay, Departmental Councilor of Yonne
- Aurélien Véron, Councilor of Paris
- Gérald-Brice Viret, media director
- Alexandre Urwicz, president of the ADFH
- David Valence, deputy of the Vosges
- Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister
- Henri van Melle, association president
- Yann Wehrling, Vice-President of the Ile-de-France Region
- Ariel Weil, Mayor of Paris Center
- David-Xavier Weiss, 1st deputy mayor of Levallois, departmental councilor of Hauts-de-Seine
- Sébastien Zonghero, municipal councilor of Saint-Ouen
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