Overview
- Culture Minister Rachida Dati said she is not in favor of creating a High Commission on diversity and diasporas, questioning whether it is on the president’s agenda.
- Reports from L’Opinion describe a proposal to assemble a roughly 30‑member council to federate France’s diasporas as part of a broader foreign‑policy push.
- Names circulating for the council include Lilian Thuram, Teddy Riner, Najat Vallaud‑Belkacem, Pap N’Diaye and Christiane Taubira, according to the reporting.
- Right‑wing leaders Bruno Retailleau and Jordan Bardella condemned the reported plan as bureaucratic and as state‑led communitarianism.
- The Élysée has provided no official details or creation date, and coverage mentions a potential citizens’ convention with some members chosen by origin as an accompanying measure.