The Minister Delegate for Transport, Clément Beaune, on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris, on July 3. Quentin De Groeve/Hans Lucas via Reuters
STORY – Anxious to strengthen the left wing of macronie, the Minister Delegate for Transport takes a step aside. Her colleague Aurore Bergé (Solidarities and Families) certifies that “the GPA is not and will not be on the agenda of the government and the majority”.
Standing out is a strategy that is popular with the government. There was no question for the Macronist left to leave the right wing alone to mark the political return. Thus Clément Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport, is provoking this week in The Obs a societal debate by speaking out in favor of legalization “in the future” surrogacy (GPA).
“It’s not for now. But it is a subject on which I have personally evolved»he explains to the weekly, while recalling the position of the Head of State, who is hostile to it. One way, again, to set a date for the future, when Emmanuel Macron will have left the Élysée… Unsurprisingly, the executive saw red when reading the interview. Even if the minister swears otherwise, he would have been encouraged to review his comments before they were published.
“Everyone ticked”
Emphasizing that he is a “elected from Paris” Or “there are a number of surrogacy cases” Clément Beaune preferred to persist the next day on Europe 1: “I open a debate…