The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has removed this Monday from the Government the Secretary of State for Territorial Collectivities, Caroline Cayeux, after allegedly the institution that monitors the assets of senior public officials found some inconsistencies.
The Elysée has limited itself to confirm in a communiqué the departure of Cayeux, «proposed by the Prime Minister», Elisabeth Borne, without going into reasons. He will be succeeded by Dominique Faure, currently in charge of Rurality in the French Executive.
Cayeux was already the subject of controversy after his appointment, after statements from 2013 came to light in which he criticized the legalization of same-sex marriage on the grounds that it «goes against nature.» «I have many friends among all those people,» he stated then in an attempt to disassociate himself from his past words.
His departure, however, stems from disagreements with the High Authority of Public Life (HATVP), according to the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’, which advanced the news. An ally quoted by this newspaper has assured that «Caroline resigns to defend herself better and not to hinder the work of the Government», although the official note of the Presidency attributes the initiative to Borne and Macron and not to Cayeux.
