While public opinion is still reacting to the affair of the Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, winner of the 2024 Goncourt Prize, and to the arrest of Boualem Sansal, another famous Algerian author, naturalized French this year, these are today today the speeches on the set of the show C Politique on France 5 which raise an outcry.
The arrest of Boualem Sansal, which sparked strong mobilization in the literary and cultural world, leaves part of the French political class, notably the left, more silent. And others, like certain guests on the show C Politique on France 5, are more talkative, but not to condemn the treatment suffered by the two Franco-Algerian writers or to defend them.
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Indeed, the doctor in political science, Nadjib Sidi Moussa, declared that considering Boualem Sansal as a “ man of lights, who defends great causes “, It is ” to be completely wrong “. In fact, according to him, the imprisoned writer would take up the theses of Éric Zemmour by giving a speech “ hostile to immigrants and Muslims “. He also attacked the supporters of Boualem Sansal, affirming that the “ human rights activists, anti-racist activists and intellectuals from the Parisian cultural community » would be « blind or accomplices ».
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For his part, historian Benjamin Stora declared that certain positions of Boualem Sansal could have “hurt national sentiment” Algerian.
Strong emotion from public figures
Even if the two speakers recalled that their arguments did not justify the arrest of the writer, but constituted elements of debate, their speeches were perceived as such. And the reactions were not long in coming.
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The leader of the Republicans in the European Parliament, François-Xavier Bellamy, estimated on Benjamin Stora and Nedjib Sidi Moussa attack Boualem Sansal at length, guilty of having ''hurt Algerian national sentiment'' “. The MEP also accuses “ public service » to do the “ indictment of a French writer arrested by a dictatorship ». « Indecent “, he castigated.
Journalist Bertrand Guyot recalled that the arrest of Boualem Sansal constitutes a “ arbitrary imprisonment “. He also attacks the host of the show: “ The famous “yes but”… and with the smile and the sneer Thomas Snégaroff as a bonus. I feel bad about this public service that is imposed on me, I no longer want to pay for it “, he wrote on X.
The author and journalist Joseph Macé-Scaron estimated that the show C Politique “ dives » Boualem Sansal and Kamel Daoud, who “ courage » to defend his colleague, “ in the mire ».
For Emmanuelle Ducros, journalist at L’Opinion« no need for Algeria to tire out putting Boualem Sansal on trial, it is being done on set in France », « it's absolutely disgusting “, she scolded.
The essayist Amine El-Khatmi accuses the public service of opening “ now its antennae are linked to Islamist collaborators », where the columnist Ferghane Azihari denounces a treatment “ perfectly scandalous » and accuses the show “ to put Boualem Sansal on trial – whose militant atheism has now earned him the label of extreme right – as well as the Algerian dictatorship, whose hatred towards France and the West has continued to be downplayed in favor of of the vague tale of “memory tensions” ».
Still no news from Boualem Sansal
Remember that the Franco-Algerian writer was arrested on November 16 by the Algerian authorities. The author had just arrived from France and the official reasons for his arrest are not known to date.
An incident which occurs at a time when diplomatic relations are particularly tense between France and Algeria at the moment, since Paris said last July that it supported the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara, a highly disputed territory.
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