Visit from Macron, French press and Belattar

While relations between Rabat and Paris are warming up, the French press (written and audiovisual) is focusing on the luggage of President Macron, invited by the Sovereign for a state visit to Morocco. In his suitcases, we find Yassine Belattar, a comedian more French than Moroccan, controversial and tough. He is among the more than 120 people making up the delegation traveling in the kingdom. The newspaper 20 Minutes blurts out: “Among the ministers, business leaders, athletes and personalities from the world of culture, the almost unexpected presence of Yassine Belattar, whose name appeared with ten others on the second version of the list of the official delegation announced by the Elysée has caused a lot of ink to flow. If Yassine Belattar, dressed in jogging pants, a pair of sneakers and a casual jacket, seemed comfortable shaking King Mohamed VI’s pliers, his somewhat too conspicuous presence caused a certain embarrassment . » Does this pinch? We vaguely talk about the numerous agreements signed in different areas between the two countries in the presence of the King and Emmanuel Macron. We choose instead to look for lice in the head of the French president. The same newspaper continues, citing an antenna whose commitment is unilateral: “”His presence in no way constitutes adherence to his ideas,” they dodge at the Élysée, reports Le Figaro. Following the broadcast of images where the Franco-Moroccan comedian appears in collusion with the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans Sébastien Lecornu, his entourage explains: ”The minister does not know him. Looking at his outfit, he took him for a technician. Belattar was waiting for the procession and came to congratulate him on his appearance on France 2,” reports C News.

In question, the sulphurous personality of the Franco-Moroccan, sentenced in 2023 to four months in prison for death threats. » For BFM TV, the big game is being deployed: a duplex on October 29 with Belattar. The exchange is tough, but the channel will have tried. Even TMC is getting its feet wet. Few French journalists and personalities suffer from ataraxia. The two countries are trying to patch things up, you are told!