Parodying a Sardou who sang “ If the Ricans weren't there, we would all be in Germany », the generous left sings to us, at antenna length: if immigrants were not there, we would all be in agony.
It's a very Parisian verse, very common among Anne Hidalgo's clientele, those who cycle between her fitness room and her green office. Or, better still, the one who earns money from the “intermittent entertainment workers” and lives on subsidies between two walks on the red carpet. Like the actress-director-singer Agnès Jaoui, eternally inseparable, in the minds of the public, from her late companion Jean-Pierre Bacri. And it’s true that they made us laugh, these two. Especially him, moreover, eternal complainer critical of our social ills. Bacri having left the scene in 2021, we wonder if his critical spirit would have survived the stubborn blindness of the current left, of which Jaoui is the standard bearer.
The immigrant, Christ-like figure and Swiss army knife
Invited last Saturday from Unexpected Journalon RTLthe actress, screenwriter, director, playwright and singer Agnès Jaoui, who came to promote her new album (Wait for the sun to come backreleased at the end of September), answered questions from journalist Nathalie Renoux. First subject: the demonstration in Romans-sur-Isère, one year after the death of young Thomas in Crépol. Renoux announces an ultra-right demonstration and a left-wing demonstration against “ instrumentalization » of this event. SO, ” what makes you react? », she asks her guest.
« What makes me reactsays Agnès Jaoui, first of all, the alleged culprits are not of foreign origin at all, nor under OQTF. » She adds: “ And then I would like to remind the ultra-right that, if it weren't for immigration, our parents would have no one to take care of them, many people would no longer have a wife. cleaning, restaurants would no longer work, everything that is cleaning would no longer work… Finally, in short, there is a whole economy that lives – apart from living together, etc., the idea of hospitality -, it there is an entire economy that lives thanks to immigration. »
Well yes, we understand that they are worried, all these globalized sores: what would become of them, without their little slaves? Those who deliver pizzas to them at midnight with the shit, the companions of the evenings at the “ chemsex » (cf. Palmade), the nannies brought back in the luggage and the undeclared cleaning ladies. It’s true that immigrants are useful for everything; true that they are the essential small staff of all these enthusiasts of good conscience in the heart of the metropolises. As long as they deplore the cause they cherish, it can't do any harm!
She says it, Agnès Jaoui, the danger is “ the instrumentalization of fear, that’s it. We are all the time, more and more, stirring up fear, fear, fear, and that is what saddens me the most. » Harsh comment from lawyer Gilles-William Goldnadel, on his X account: “ The false artistic courage that praises immigration. False generosity in his six-room garden. The real stupidity that no longer fools anyone. »
Who plays on fear?
Agnès Jaoui denounces the fear, that of the immigrant of course, it being understood that only “ the ultra-right ”, as she calls the French who care about their homeland, plays on this disastrous spring. The left, for its part, continues to agitate the fear of fascism and points behind everything to the manipulations and recuperations of the extreme right, but this is of no importance.
However, we can only be taken aback by this positioning of Agnès Joui, because it is an understatement to say that the violent news has not spared her. Last September, she confided to France Intertaken up by 20 Minutes« the nightmare of hostage families held by Hamas ». « The family of the filmmaker and singer was directly affected by the attack on October 7 », writes the daily. And to explain that “ two of his relatives on his father's side were killed, three others kidnapped by the terrorist group, one of them, Ofer Kalderon, is still being held to this day “. At the beginning of December, it is still in the hands of Hamas.
A year after the attack and the day after the day of strike in Israel, she explained: “ It's a good thing that people have come forward and are saying how this government [le gouvernement israélien, NDLR] is dangerous, not only criminal towards Palestinians, but also towards Israelis. »
So, we wonder: what could make this woman's eyes light up? Does she not see the hunt for Jews which is taking place in broad daylight in our country, and who is leading it? Is she deaf to the injunctions and slogans of her left-wing friends? Why didn't she speak during her Unexpected Journalto defend, at random… Boualem Sansal? And since we asked her about the demonstration in Romans-sur-Isère, what does she think today of these demonstrators unfurling the Palestinian flag?
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