At the fee of inquiry into TNT, raised voices and tensions | EUROtoday

“Are you questioning my competence? Would I be the subject of a contract between two men to carry out my function? I don't accept this, it goes too far! » We do not slam the door on a parliamentary commission of inquiry. For a moment, however, on Thursday March 21 at the end of the afternoon, we thought that the hearing of Rachida Dati by the deputies of the commission on DTT frequency allocations was going to come to an end.

From the first question from rapporteur Aurélien Saintoul (La France insoumise, LFI, Hauts-de-Seine), the temperature rose a notch. What does the Minister of Culture know about the reasons for the ousting of her predecessor? “It’s a curious question,” Rachida Dati was instantly suspicious. A little bit over a yr in the past, Rima Abdul-Malak was violently accused of placing strain on the Audiovisual and Digital Regulatory Authority (Arcom) in order that it could suppose twice earlier than giving C8 and CNews new broadcasting authorizations.

His circumspection in direction of the Vivendi group's channels, through Canal+, might, it’s stated, value him his job. “What political decision that Rima Abdul-Malak would not have taken”, And that Rachida Dati would take, would clarify this transformation of minister? slipped the chosen one, extra exact in his questioning however nonetheless too elliptical. “I’m not going to go where you’re going with this,” the minister rebuffed once more.

Aurélien Saintoul, for his half, actually needed to go “there”, even when it meant taking probably the most uneven path, paved with cryptic insinuations about his appointment (which might have been organized between Emmanuel Macron and Vincent Bolloré), and allusions to interviews given by Rachida Dati at Sunday newspaper, to Europe 1 and CNews. Achieving nothing apart from a impasse, the deputy had his microphone briefly taken away by the president of the fee, Quentin Bataillon (Renaissance, Loire), very offended at this “negative climate” and from this “common tension” provoked by his colleague.

Between the 2 deputies, the antagonisms have gotten increasingly more acute. Aurélien Saintoul by no means stops monitoring the injury that Vincent Bolloré would trigger on the media and democratic house through CNews and C8, whereas Quentin Bataillon does every little thing attainable to see “Vincent Bolloré [son nom et son ombre] leave this room ».

“Independence cannot be decreed, it is proven”

When MP Saintoul resumed his questions on the finish of the session, the quibbles with the minister vaguely began once more, somewhat in useless, giving the sensation that the fee of inquiry is beginning to go in circles. Thus, these summoned now strategy their hearings with the principle concern of extinguishing the accusations or doubts sown by their predecessors within the room.

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