In an investigation by the daily Le Monde citing reported comments, the head of state reportedly said, in 2023 to his then Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau, that “the problem of emergencies in this country is that it 'is full of Mamadou'.
“The Élysée firmly denies these reported comments which were not subject to any verification with the presidency before publication,” Emmanuel Macron’s entourage reacted this Friday.
Before this denial, reactions had multiplied Thursday evening.
“An insult to the Republic”
“These racist remarks by the President of the Republic, reported by the newspaper Le Monde, are an insult to the Republic. It's an absolute disgrace. I can’t wait for him to go,” wrote on X the coordinator of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard, expressing indignation like many deputies of his movement.
These comments “are racist. Undoubtedly. They are overwhelming,” added Paris communist senator Ian Brossat on the same social network.
“Everything goes: racism, homophobia, sexism. All locked up 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 of the World.
The daily notably assured 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 “commies”.
“Yesterday, we learned of extremely shocking homophobic comments from the President of the Republic about Gabriel Attal. Today these are sexist remarks (…) We are impatiently waiting for tomorrow…”, Marine Tondelier denounced on X.
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