Éric Dupond-Moretti, Keeper of the Seals: why his partner did not expect it: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

It is THE big surprise of the new government of Emmanuel Macron. The one nobody expected. Monday July 6, 2020, Éric Dupont-Moretti has been appointed Minister of Justice. If the French did not see this nomination coming, neither did his associate. Invited on the set of Ruth Elkrief (BFM TV) the day after this announcement, Antoine Vey begins by clarifying: “I’m his ex-partner today, because now, he is Keeper of the Seals, he is no longer a lawyer. We had a common cabinet which today will be mine ”.

Without hiding his astonishment, he continues: “Ihe had no political ambitions, I don't think he still has any”. According to him, the proposal made to the lawyer to join the government "It happened very quickly, for sure." If Éric Dupont-Moretti has never expressed his desire to enter the political landscape, his ex-partner explains: “He’s someone who has been going through the courts for 30 years in search of justice for the people he was defending ”.

Did Eric Dupont-Moretti hesitate before joining the government?

Thus, he analyzes: "The proposal was, I believe, that of trying to work for the collective reform of justice". Antoine Vey "thought" that Isabelle Boulay's companion has “Hesitated"Before agreeing to become Keeper of the Seals"because he knows very well that it is the difficulty of the task, but in the end, he said to himself that when we had the word of reform and that we had the chance to take action for reform, It needs to be done. It may sound a bit simple, but it wasn’t much more complicated than that. ” He concludes : "He thought about whether the project he wanted to carry was in line with the political action of the president and the government. Obviously this was the case ”.

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