Life in government is not easy, especially for Jean-Michel Blanquer the last days. The Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports had to wipe out the controversy of his holidays in Ibiza, while the anger of teachers rumbled over the many health protocols linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. It is in this context that a video surfaced where we see his “look-alike” waddling as if he were in a nightclub in the famous Balearic destination. A jolly fellow himself engaged in politics that Le Parisian has met. For his part, the minister of Jean Castex reacted to this parody which made the buzz.
During Ibizagate, political activists came up with an idea to criticize the actions of the government: dancing in holiday clothes on the beach, but that’s not all because among them, a man, furiously resembling Jean-Michel Blanquer, caused a sensation by waddling half-suit and tie, half-shorts and flippers. After dancing in front of the premises of the Ministry of National Education on January 19, 2022, he renewed the experience during the demonstration on January 27 on the rise in wages, a hot topic in this profession. This is Nour Durand-Raucher, elected EELV of Paris. The latter does not wish to repeat the experience: “This time, I stop, I become Nour again, elected ecologist of Paris and councilor of the 11th arrondissement.“Unless a new scandal were to break out?
“I think that between now and the presidential election, he will be on his toes“, estimates the elected representative of the Greens. “By showing up under the windows of the ministry, rue de Grenelle (7th arrondissement of Paris), in swimsuits and for me, in boxer shorts and a suit jacket, we were far from imagining the buzz that it was going to cause. We really hoped so. For us, it was above all a way of reacting to this episode in Ibiza. With humor and quirkiness. And it worked. The message got through! How we can protest, engage in politics differently, by not taking ourselves seriously.” On Twitter, he insisted that he is part of a collective action: “Thank you to those with whom I went to the ministry on the 19th or in the procession on the 27th, collectiveibiza.fr is a team.”