Another he performs a marauding with Brice Hortefeux

Not issue to be considered in default in the eyes of the public. Not question nor to attract the ire of Nicolas Sarkozy, who has custom to remind them that they are Ministers "24 hours a day, 365 days a year" and has asked "to return quickly in case of problems." During the Christmas holiday, several members of the Government are mounted to the front, to occupy the ground to clear any polemical and crisis. The episode of the heat wave of 2003, marked by images of the Minister of health, Jean-François Mattei, in polo holidaymaker from his place of resort, served as a lesson. Brice Hortefeux, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet and his Secretaries of State were the most prominent. Not to mention various press releases and ad hoc interventions by the Minister of health Xavier Bertrand (24 December on the case of the Mediator), the Secretary of State for the solidarity Marie-Anne Montchamp (to Roubaix at the beginning of week after the fire of a warehouse of the Secours Populaire) and the Minister of defence Alain Juppé (who visited French troops deployed in Afghanistan and Saturday to attend the taking of the new Brazilian President)(, Dilma Rousseff). Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to meet next Wednesday, when he presents his wishes to the Government.

Hortefeux in first line

Ubiquitous in the field since Nicolas Sarkozy said last summer the "war" offenders, Brice Hortefeux does two days of leave. The Minister of the Interior is in Grenoble on 23 December, accompanied by a patrol of the anti-crime brigade on the night of Sunday to Monday, performs in the wake a marauding in Paris with the brigade to assist the homeless, visit on Wednesday, a brigade of firemen to Maisons-Alfort. And after a move to Paris, Thursday, on the theme of security in transport, it is, Friday evening, alongside the police. A diligence which is forgotten his error, before Christmas, on the mess caused by the weather and, for the time being, go to second conviction for infringement of the presumption of innocence. And which aims to persuade the French, in the run-up to 2012, that the fight against insecurity is not a vain Word. According to surveys of a few months, a majority of the French consider negatively the balance sheet of the head of State in the matter, while being very reserved on the ability of the PS to do better.

The weekend of AP9

In October, Jean-Louis Borloo was very weakened by its management of fuel shortages. His successor, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, she does not skidded to the mess due to snow. A few hours after his Secretary of State Thierry Mariani, Minister of ecology, Transport and housing went on Christmas day to Roissy, where thousands of passengers remained "dormant" due to cancellations and postponements of flights. Three days, she requested that "maximum" is that he be found "an alternative solution", claiming an "inspection mission" about the lack of aircraft deicing fluid, and reflect on the possibility to identify companies that do not assume their responsibilities in the event of inclement weather. A reactivity worth to the Minister and the Secretary of State to be congratulated by Nicolas Sarkozy.

Clear is displayed

The responsible Minister is captured by the difficulties related to air transportation, the Secretary of State for housing is heard, bordering its field of competence. One day, Benoist Apparu meets a delegation of the association right to housing. Another, he performs a marauding with Brice Hortefeux. Another, he inaugurated a family pension or visit of the reception centres for persons in difficulty. Message: "solutions are long to be put in place", but "things change".

The case Jouanno

Minister of Sports can boast to have triggered the main political debate of the holiday. But not on an issue related to his Government portfolio. On 23 December, Chantal Jouanno, head of the list in Paris in the regional elections in Ile-de-France, said ready to a "ticket" with Fillon to wrest the capital left in 2014. A proposal balance by aggressive with Rachida Dati, also trade candidate. Nicolas Sarkozy is unsettling. He recalled the order and its records.