this position which was refused to her because she was pregnant

“We still make too many decisions where women are not hired because they are pregnant; do not return to their job upon return from maternity leave; or whose trial period is terminated because they are pregnant. It’s ridiculous and illegal”, lamented Claire Hédon, Advocate of rightsin the 10th barometer on “the perception of discrimination in employment”, published early March 2022. An evil common to many women and from which a figure of French politics also suffered: Valérie Pécresse. That lover of the seventh art and mother of three grown children – Baptiste (25 years old), Clément (23 years old) and Émilie (18 years old) – saw each other turn down your dream jobDeputy of the National Center for Cinema and the Moving Image (CNC), due to her pregnancy.

In a portrait dedicated to him in the columns of Madame Figaro in January 2022, the current president of the Île-de-France region explained how she narrowly missed his callingsidelined, because pregnant: “What’s wrong with women’s careers? Me, I lived it in my flesh. I’m in politics because I was denied my dream job. It happened to me a second time for the same reasons when the Deputy General Secretariat of the Council of State opened.” And to continue: “’My my my! It’s not going to be possible’, I was told.” Despite the injustice, Valérie Pécresse did not give up repeating the blow a third time. “I don’t victimize myself. Because the third time, it was the opposite. Michel Gentot offered me the post of government commissioner at the Council of State. There, I warned him right away: ‘Listen, I’m pregnant.’ His repartee was without appeal: ‘You don’t think that’s going to influence the decision?’ Not only was I hired, but he imposed a man to do my interim, it had never been seen”, she rejoiced with colleagues from Madame Figaro.

Valérie Pécresse mom: Jérôme, his crutch

Paris, Sunday February 13, 2020. In full meeting at the Zenith of the capital and in front of an audience of 6,000 activists, Valérie Pécresse gave a tender nod to the four loves of his life : “I would never have come all this way without the support and love of Jérôme, my husband, and my children.” Indeed, the politician was able to count more than once on her husband, Jeromefor take over in their daily lives when time ran out. “It’s the more feminist of the two. To support the gaze that one casts on the companions of women in power, one needs a sacred personality!” she had indicated to Gala last December. And to clarify:Parity is part of our couple’s DNA. The mental burden of family organization often shifted onto my husband.”