In keeping with data from Radio Francethe Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu contacted the Minister of Agriculture on Wednesday Annie Genevard after the revelations of Monde regarding his participation in a lunch organized by the Institute of Hope, a assume tank created by Vincent Bolloré. Additionally among the many friends was Xenia Fedorova, former head of Russia Today (RT) Francepro-Kremlin media banned because the invasion of Ukraine.
Sébastien Lecornu requested Annie Genevard for explanations earlier than the Council of Ministers. The minister says it was a personal invitation for networking, organized on the headquarters of Vivendi. Annie Genevard’s entourage assured that she was unaware of the presence of Xenia Fedorova, that she was not seated at her desk and that the record of friends obtained was incomplete. He additionally specifies that the minister is against the “union of rights” technique advocated by a part of the acute proper, and that she wouldn’t have gone to this lunch if she had recognized that the Russian propagandist was collaborating.
Authorities spokesperson Maud Bregeon indicated that it shouldn’t be seen as a “specific political message”. Nevertheless, a authorities supply acknowledges to France Inter a type of negligence.
