“The fall of the cumbersome Jack Lang is providential for the entire political spectrum, petrified by his cultural heritage” | EUROtoday

Eny going gaily, allow us to say that Jack Lang’s fall is his triumph. If he had been François Mitterrand’s international commerce minister, he, like so many others, would have pale into the dustbin of historical past. He left his mark on tradition in France so strongly that he stays related right now, at 86 years outdated, which is an achievement, elevating a torrent of phrases since his identify appeared within the emails of the American pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, forcing him to go away the pinnacle of the Institute of the Arab World (IMA).

Justice will say what the hyperlinks between Lang and Epstein are. Investigations will reveal whether or not he left credit and for what quantity, in motels or eating places. Public opinion already has its opinion, which isn’t new, and raises a query: why does the very best minister of tradition in historical past, revered overseas, by no means convicted and even indicted, arouse so many knee-jerk reactions, even hatred, when he isn’t accused of being a baby molester?

The reply lies within the character, flamboyant and annoying, obstinate and useless, who led a hussar cultural coverage from 1981, permitting himself to shake up customs and interlocutors, Mitterrand within the lead, as he wished to maneuver rapidly. The shut couple he varieties together with his spouse, Monique, has left its share of frustrations, humiliations and jealousies in its wake. For ten days, former ministers of tradition, paralyzed by the invasive presence of an uncrowned king behaving as if he have been nonetheless sporting one, have unleashed in opposition to him a gall as dense as their file is slim.

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