Sonia Rolland delivered a very strong political speech on the set of What an era. Invited to promote her first film An unexpected destiny which was broadcast on France 2 on January 3 and which achieved a very good audience score by bringing together 3.37 million viewers and 17% of the overall public, the former Miss France looked back on her year of reign, and on the shocks she suffered. The actress, who can also be found in Criminal Tropicsrevealed that he had suffered numerous racist attacksand also having been the target of numerous death threatsbut fortunately was able to count on the support of Geneviève de Fontenay: “It was especially Madame de Fontenay who at the time received horrible letters which said that the guns were going to speak, there were insults and above all death threats. Geneviève wanted to summon the AFP, hold a press conference to defend meand I told him: Well no, we’re not going to give them a platform, they don’t exist.”
But in twenty-five years, it is clear that things have changed: the National Front of the time, led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, became the National Rally of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, and the cards were reshuffled. Sonia Rolland does not hide her concern about the rise of the far-right in France, and cannot imagine one of its representatives leading the country in 2027 or 2032: “We are in France, and I can’t imagine that one day a country like ours would be ruled by the far right. We cannot trivialize this after what this country has experienced. It is insulting generations who fought for the freedom of this country, for a union. I am part of a generation which saw the far-right take power via social networks, and the media gave this place which made it possible to trivialize in the collective unconscious that one day, the far-right would arrive in power.”
“Muslims, Jews, homosexuals…”
Recalling having experienced the genocide in Rwanda, Sonia Rolland cannot imagine that France would one day pass into the hands of those who, according to her,, “trivialize” the insults on “Muslims, Jews and homosexuals” : “It makes no sense !” A very strong speech, which will inevitably have political repercussions, and be relayed by the opponents of the RN, and contested by its supporters. And to conclude: “It’s an insult to all those who have fought for years for tolerance and respect! I see the extreme right which has taken power on social networks and we must fight against that.”
️ “I still cannot understand that it is possible that one day we would imagine that a country like ours would be run by the extreme right” The rant of @SoniaRolland on the rise of the RN in France #QuelleEpoque@FranceTV@LeaSalamepic.twitter.com/0BD16JtmJh
— What an era! (@QuelleEpoqueOff) January 20, 2024