00:00 Everyone knows that I like to fight, do not be afraid,
00:02 to underline Rachida Dati on Friday during her appointment as Minister of Culture,
00:07 promising to defend the French cultural exception and popular culture.
00:11 I understand that this nomination may surprise,
00:15 I am not surprised,
00:16 has pursued those who were Minister of Justice of Nicolas Sarkozy from 2007 to 2009.
00:21 It meets a real need,
00:24 the need of France that is often called popular,
00:27 which must feel represented.
00:29 Through my career, culture is a fight,
00:32 a daily fight,
00:33 hammered Rachida Dati,
00:35 in front of the patron of France Télévisions Delphine Ernotte and Radio France Sibyl Veil.
00:39 She said she wanted to rebuild a new popular culture for all,
00:43 from the neighborhoods to the rural area.
00:45 I will always be there to defend the cultural exception,
00:48 she assured,
00:49 emphasizing the need to make culture even more present in all cities and territories.
00:55 At her 2024 vows,
00:57 the President of the Republic spoke of the rearmament of France.
01:01 In this rearmament, culture has an essential place, she added.
01:06 Born on November 27, 1965 of a Moroccan father of Moroccan origin and a mother of Algerian origin,
01:11 the minister is from a family of 12 children and was raised in a slum in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire.
01:18 I personally know what I owe to French culture,
01:21 a freedom of thought,
01:22 especially for women,
01:23 a freedom of speech,
01:25 especially for women,
01:26 a freedom of creation,
01:27 especially for women,
01:29 she added.
01:30 I am very proud, very moved to have been appointed by the President of the Republic
01:34 on the proposal of the Prime Minister, she underlined.
01:38 We have in common to embody the cultural diversity that makes the wealth of our society,
01:42 she said to those who occupied the post before,
01:45 Rima Abdul-Malak, herself of Lebanese origin.
01:49 Among her other priorities,
01:50 Mrs. Dati mentioned the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris at the end of 2024,
01:55 more than five years after the fire that ravaged it.
01:58 She did not allude to these judicial riots,
02:01 which were the subject of attacks by the opposition to her nomination.
02:04 Rachida Dati has been on trial since July 2021 for corruption and passive influence trafficking
02:09 by people invested in a public elective mandate in the investigation of contracts
02:13 signed by a subsidiary of Reni Nissan, when Carlos Ghosn was its CEO.
02:17 She denies any irregularity.
02:20 On her side, Rima Abdul-Malak has ensured to be kept free of "these" commitments,
02:24 of "these" positions during her stay in the ministry.
02:28 She was rejected in December by President Macron,
02:32 after calling the actor Gérard Depardieu "shameful" for France,
02:35 accused of rape and sexual violence that he is contesting.
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