Adèle Haenel is known for her strong positions on social issues. The actress with two César – actress for The fighters and supporting role in Susanna – does not hesitate to speak up to accuse the director Christophe Ruggia of sexual assault or to protest against the reward of the controversial Roman Polanski. A committed and free woman, who made her coming out on stage in a very moving way, but who does not want to be a standard bearer. However, she said it herself, cinema and politics mix. This is how she did not hesitate to support a politician who ran for president, dividing him Anasse Kazib of Permanent Revolution. At the time when the sponsorships are closed on March 4, he has not however obtained the number necessary to be an official candidate.
During the rally, Thursday, March 3, 2022, in support of Anasse Kazib – summoned by the police for having organized a rally against far-right threats against him -, Adèle Haenel, who could not be present, wished to lend its full support to the railwayman and presidential candidate and to Permanent Revolution via a letter: “A year ago I would not have defined myself as anti-capitalist. But thanks to the work of the Revolution Permanente and Anasse activists, the ideas really made their way into my head and into my heart too. Now it seems obvious to me that no emancipation is possible within the framework of capitalism and that another system must be put in place. (…) Thank you for making us collectively smarter. Frankly, you are the hope of this world.“
For lack of sponsorship, the railwayman and former member of the Grandes Gueules de RMC, Anasse Kazib, had to end his campaign for the presidential election. A former member of the New Anti-Capitalist Party, this rail switcher had to settle for 144 signatures from elected officials to date. He is a victim, according to him, of “pressures” including his candidacy “subversive” would be the subject of little visibility in the media. “It now targets legislative“, precise The Parisian and in particular the first constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis, currently held by Éric Coquerel (LFI), one of the faithful of Mélenchon. Union member Sud Rail joins Christiane Taubira and François Asselineau in disappointment.