On BFMTV this Thursday, June 27, RN MP Roger Chudeau stated that a binational Frenchman should not be appointed minister, taking the example of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem and evoking a “problem of dual loyalty”. A “personal opinion” which does not commit his party, according to him.
“A personal opinion”, but remarks that shock his opponents. While the RN wants to “prevent” French people from also having another nationality to occupy “extremely sensitive jobs” In the event of victory in the legislative elections, outgoing MP Roger Chudeau estimated this Thursday, June 27 on BFMTV that the measure should also apply to ministers.
“Ministerial positions must be held by Franco-French people, period,” he declared on our antenna. “What applies to a senior civil servant must apply to a minister.”
He then took the example of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, former Minister of National Education who has dual French-Moroccan nationality. “I think it was a mistake and it is not a good thing for the Republic,” he commented, affirming that the minister wanted to allow the teaching of Arabic in primary schools. In fact, the former minister wanted to encourage the learning of a foreign language from CP, not necessarily Arabic.
“There is a problem of dual loyalty at a given moment,” said the one representing himself in the second constituency of Loir-et-Cher.
“Shame to the end”
“Simple question for Renaissance candidates: do you support this?” asked Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on X, calling on them to withdraw if they come in third position during the first round of the legislative elections this Sunday, June 30. Two days before the election, the presidential camp has still not given voting instructions and has not called for a Republican withdrawal or to “block” the National Rally.
“Shame to the end”, also denounced on X Manuel Bompard, coordinator of La France insoumise. “For the National Rally, there are therefore 3.3 million French sub-citizens,” he said.
Less than twenty minutes after his appearance on the air, Roger Chudeau spoke on social networks. “The position that I expressed regarding Najat Vallaud-Belkacem on the BFMTV set is a strictly personal opinion, and in no way commits the National Rally,” he wrote.
A “list of extremely sensitive jobs”
For several days, Jordan Bardella’s party has been criticized for its proposal to ban certain “sensitive” positions for dual nationals. On BFMTV this Thursday, June 27, Sébastien Chenu mentioned a “list of jobs, maybe 50, which are extremely sensitive jobs in the management of intelligence services, etc.”
Sébastien Chenu spoke of possible “pressures, even perhaps emotional, family pressures”, for positions “in security and intelligence”.
In January, however, the RN had filed a Law proposition which provided for the possibility of prohibiting access to jobs in public administrations and companies to French people with the nationality of another State. “3.3 million French people could tomorrow find themselves prohibited from accessing employment”, according to CFDT estimates.
