A shower of criticism. Several elected officials from the left highlighted comments attributed to the newspaper on Thursday The World to Emmanuel Macron on the situation at the hospital, calling them “racist”. In a daily investigation citing reported remarks, 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.
« All there goes: racism, homophobia, sexism”
“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 the coordinator of La France insoumise Manuel Bompard on X, expressing indignation like many LFI deputies.
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 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 ‘Elysée by this long-term investigation of the World.
“The Mad Cage”
The daily assured in particular on Wednesday that the Elysée 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…”, denounced Ms. Tondelier on X.
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