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Violence against women: Emmanuel Macron takes the side of Gérard Depardieu and attracts the lightning of feminists and the opposition
In the program “C à vous” on France 5, the President of the Republic spoke of a “manhunt” concerning the actor Gérard Depardieu. – (France 3)
In the program “C à vous” on France 5, the President of the Republic spoke of a “manhunt” concerning the actor Gérard Depardieu.
In a few sentences, Emmanuel Macron firmly contradicts the Minister of Culture: there is no question of withdrawing the Legion of Honor from Gérard Depardieu. “The Legion of Honor is an order, of which I am the grand master, which is not there to preach morality”he recalled in C to youbefore deciding: “It is not on the basis of a report, or this or that thing that we take away the Legion of Honor from an artist”. The president believes that the actor “makes France proud”.
Emmanuel Macron “on the side of the aggressors”?
A few days earlier, Rima Abdul Malak announced that disciplinary proceedings would be initiated by the Grand Chancellery of the Legion of Honor, against Gérard Depardieu, the target of two complaints for rape and sexual assault. For Élise Sélimovic-Lortillier, member of the national coordination of the “Nous Tous” collective, Emmanuel Macron “is on the side of the aggressors”.
The associations say they are all the more shocked that two weeks ago, a report from Complément d’investigation showed the actor making a series of obscene remarks towards women, sometimes very young. The left-wing opposition also reacted strongly.
