No sooner has she been named than Fadila Khattabi could already be at the heart of a controversy. And for good reason, the new Minister in charge of Disability was sentenced to the industrial tribunal on June 23, Mediapart revealed on Thursday July 20, just hours after her appointment.
The former deputy would have been forced to pay the sum of 6,522.27 euros to her ex-collaborator for unpaid overtime. The Union Syndicale Solidaires de Côte-d’Or reacted immediately, perceiving his appointment as a “new affront to the millions of workers”. Few reactions on the other hand from the side of the political class. Only the first secretary of the socialist party Olivier Faure commented on Twitter: “Nothing to say. The criteria for entering the Borne government were fully respected.
Macronist from the start, Fadila Khattabi was elected MP for Côte-d’Or in 2017, largely beating the candidate of the National Rally. On the other hand, she is narrowly re-elected in 2022 against a Nupes candidate.
In the Assembly, she stood out for her pugnacity and outspokenness. President of the Social Affairs Committee since 2020, she distinguished herself in her key role during the examination of the pension reform. A sequence during which the Nupes accuses him, among other things, of having declared a number of amendments inadmissible.
“The president of the social affairs commission Fadila Khattabi returns to the government. It is a thank you for services rendered after having prevented us from voting on the amendments in committee during the debate on the repeal of the pension reform at 64 years old, “commented the rebellious deputy Thomas Portes Thursday at the end of the day.
But whatever. His loyalty and determination eventually paid off. It is up to her to take up the challenge of implementing the deconjugalization of the Disabled Adult Allowance (AAH). A long-requested measure, and Emmanuel Macron’s campaign promise which must be applied from October 1st.
