the PS breaks with Jack Lang | EUROtoday

Jack Lang and the Socialist Party (PS) at the moment are historical historical past. Since the monetary and pleasant hyperlinks between the previous minister of tradition of François Mitterrand, head of the Arab World Institute (IMA) since 2013, and the intercourse legal Jeffrey Epstein had been revealed, the PS has dissociated itself from this determine of the Mitterrand period. A glory of yesteryear who finds himself immersed in an affair that “smells of sulfur”in accordance with Luc Broussy, near the primary secretary, Olivier Faure, and president of the nationwide council of the PS.

Olivier Faure was additionally one of many first political leaders to press Jack Lang to depart the presidency of the IMA. “At this stage, nothing implicates Jack Lang in the sex scandals, but he must consider resigning to protect the institution he presides over”he informed Franceinfo on Thursday February 5.

Olivier Faure additionally mentioned he was shocked by the protection of the previous minister who was shocked on France 2, on February 4, concerning the American businessman: “How might this man, so courteous, so charming, so beneficiant, have been capable of perpetrate such abominations? » Comments roundly condemned by the socialist chief: “Jeffrey Epstein was not a captivating man, he was a baby molester and our kindness should be reserved for the victims! (…) I do not know if Jack Lang is responsible of getting knowingly turned a blind eye to the actions of Jeffrey Epstein, or if, by means of his affiliation, he participated in protecting them up. But what’s already stunning is the way in which by which he talks about this affair immediately. »

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