In September 2023, it will be back to school… But not just for students! Gabriel Attal, 34, will also return to school as the new Minister of National Education. The former government spokesman, still on vacation, was interviewed by Gala, in kiosks Thursday August 17, 2023. The opportunity to discover the nickname that his colleagues attributed to him, at the time when the youngest minister of the Fifth Republic was Secretary of State to the Minister of National Education and Youth under the supervision of Jean-Michel Blanquer. He was nicknamed “Natascha”, a reference to Natascha Kampusch, a young Austrian girl sequestered for eight years, from 1998 to 2006. “Blanquer was unbearable with him, he saddened him on the pretext that Gabriel was starting to have a real notoriety. Even if Gabriel did not complain too much, he let it be known, in the mode: ‘Get me out of there, I’ll tell you. beg'”, declared a former member of the government to the WorldOctober 31, 2021.
Small nicknames are given to all colleagues
“Things went well, I never had to complain. It is normal and even healthy that there may be differences of opinion”replied Gabriel Attal to Galaabout the rumors about his relationship with former minister Jean-Michel Blanquer. In July 2020, the 30-year-old left National Education to become government spokesperson, succeeding Sibeth Ndiaye. Note that nicknames are commonplace behind the scenes of the executive. According to the magazine Challenges in June 2022, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, described as a cold and demanding woman, would have been qualified as “Cyborne”… An unsympathetic term who would invite the former prefect and former CEO of the RATP to “unfreeze”, had deciphered our colleagues. Indeed, this nickname is a nod to the cyborg, a human being or another intelligent living being who has received transplants of mechanical or electronic parts.