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First member of cabinet belonging to an ethnic minority?
I removed this statement -- it can't possibly be true. Nicolas Sarkozy himself is a member of an ethnic minority: he is half Hungarian and half Sephardic. The BBC may have intended to say that she is the first African to become a member of cabinet. Chl 18:15, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I added back with more sources, but put the disputed tag. I think if you can name a minister who held a key position and who was from an ethnic minority, then we can remove this statement. Also ethnic minority does not translate as "issue de l'immigration". Perhaps this is where the confusion lies. Sarkozy is not from an ethnic minority, and is also not a member of the cabinet. I understand how you may feel that it projects a bad image of France, but remember our country has been behind on many issues like this, we should admit it and try to move on, rather than hide the truth. Anyway hopefully these sources constitute sufficient proof. I don't think we have anything to be ashamed of as a nation anyway, even if this does come fairly late in history. Many other countries are taking much more radical measures against immigration and are a lot more violent in their relations with other countries. Jackaranga 12:42, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to include sources from different areas: European, Arabic, Russian, American. Jackaranga 12:50, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Sarkozy was minister of the interior -- that's a member of the cabinet. He is Hungarian... surely Hungarians do not constitute a majority in France? Chl 02:04, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I should not try to push stuff like this, I changed the article a bit to be more precise. I think the use of the phrase "ethnic minority" is confusing, especially to French people, as we have no equivalent expression. I think when BBC said "ethnic minority" they meant "not fair skinned". I know in the USA, immigrated Europeans are not considered an ethnic minority, even if they just moved over, whereas black people who's families have been living there for perhaps 200 years are still considered an ethnic minority. I see what you mean because, Maghrebis are in fact considered to be Caucasian, like the ancestral inhabitants of France. Jackaranga 13:14, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just for instance, Pierre Bérégovoy, former prime minister of france, was born in an ukrainian family who had just immgrated in France. So yes, "not from european background" would be correct.
Also, Édouard Balladur, the former French PM was born in Turkish Smyrna in a Catholic family, possibly of Armenian origin. Does this count as a "non-European immigrant background"? Zapiens 14:57, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Carreer
She never was assistant to the Attorney general in Evry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.55.154.65 (talk) 03:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
She is not Arab
see wikipedia French article for example —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.55.154.65 (talk) 03:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ethnic Arab? French by birth? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.220.180.44 (talk) 19:28, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is no source related to the identity of the father of her child, so please refrain from posting unappropriate and unsourced gossip. This will be reverted according to wikipedia rules about living persons. 193.56.37.1 (talk) 12:36, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]