He had been ruminating for two years. But enough of mincing his words. Discreet since his departure from the rue de Grenelle, the former Minister of Education from 2017 to 2022, Jean-Michel Blanquer, settles his scores with Macronie in a vitriolic book, “La Citadelle.” Now a lawyer in a business firm, he becomes a prosecutor with pen in hand. Bayrou? A “Tartarin” who listens to himself speak. Le Maire? “A writer playing the comedy of power.” Kholer? He has always seen teachers as “lazy leftists.” It’s the start of the school year with slaps. There’s something for everyone and we remember from this behind-the-scenes look at the first five-year term that its only reliable and irreproachable actor was, surprise!, a certain Jean-Michel Blanquer.
