In an investigation, Le Monde reveals a sentence attributed to Emmanuel Macron which provokes strong reactions from left-wing elected officials.
Several elected officials from the left criticized Thursday, December 19, comments attributed in the newspaper Le Monde to Emmanuel Macron on the situation at the hospital, accusing them of “racist”. In a daily investigation citing reported comments, the head of state reportedly said, in 2023 to his then Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, that “the problem with emergencies in this country is that it is full of Mamadou”.
“These racist remarks by the President of the Republic, reported by the newspaper Le Monde, are an insult to the Republic. It is an absolute shame. I can’t wait for him to go,” wrote the coordinator of La France on X rebellious, Manuel Bompard, being indignant like many LFI deputies.
“Cocottes”, “the crazy cage”…
These comments “are racist. Undoubtedly. They are damning,” added Paris communist senator Ian Brossat on the same social network. “Everything goes: racism, homophobia, sexism. All locked in a gilded palace, far from the gaze of the French, to whom he lectures all day long,” criticized the Somme deputy François Ruffin, also citing other sentences attributed to the tenant of the Élysée by this long-term investigation by Le Monde.
The daily assured in particular on Wednesday that the Élysée had baptized Matignon “La cage aux Folles” when the Prime Minister was Gabriel Attal. And on Thursday, he indicated that the president had described Marine Tondelier, leader of the Ecologists, and Lucie Castets, proposed by the New Popular Front for Matignon, as “comforts”.
“Yesterday, we became aware of extremely shocking homophobic comments from the President of the Republic about Gabriel Attal. Today, these are sexist comments (…) We are impatiently waiting for tomorrow…”, denounced on X (Twitter) Marine Tondelier.
“The problem of this country is that we have a President of the Republic who considers himself to be OSS 117, racism and sexism included,” denounces Arthur Delaporte, PS deputy.
Prisca Thevenot, Renaissance MP and former minister, defends Emmanuel Macron: “Whatever… Enough of the baseless attacks against the President! Let those who have served the country not forget that fueling vain controversies harms the national interest and tarnishes the image of France.”
