French Justice minister Christiane Taubira resigned this Wednesday

Is she a victime or victor??? Are you fund of french politics?? Then you should know this woman for whom I have had a lot of admiration for her leadership skills: heading one of France’s toughest position justice minister, she resigned this Wednesday, after clashing with the Socialist government of President François Hollande over its proposal to amend the constitution to allow authorities to strip some homegrown terrorists of their nationality. Her name:Christiane Taubira “agreed on the need to put an end to her mandate as the debate on the constitutional amendment opens in Parliament today,” the president’s office said. For François Hollande, Taubira’s departure also marks the loss of a key figure on the left of his government at a time when he is trying to rally a fragmented Socialist party behind him for a bid for reelection in the presidential race next year.

Taubira, who was criticised by the right for the same-sex marriage law and accused by them of not being hardline enough on justice, had often faced racist taunts from far-right sympathisers. At one rally, children had waved bananas at her. A municipal election candidate for the far-right Front National was forced to withdraw in 2013 after likening her to a monkey on Facebook. She later told Libération that racist attacks “were an attack on the heart of the republic”.Taubira has been replaced by the Brittany MP Jean-Jacques Urvoas, who, as president of the parliamentary laws commission, has been helping Hollande to craft the constitutional changes.