the Bronzed gathered at the Elysée, Emmanuel Macron not a little proud

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New consecration for Christian Clavier. This Monday, December 11, 2023, the 70-year-old French actor was decorated with the Legion of Honor during a special evening organized at the Élysée Palace. “You were the great and the beggar, splendid and miserable, Corsican and Versailles, all ages and all the faces of France.” said Emmanuel Macron.

The actor received this honorable distinction under the eyes of his friends, namely Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte, Marie-Anne Chazel, but also Dany Boon and Jean-Marie Poiré, all invited for the occasion. This is not the first time that the actor has been in the spotlight since he was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 2008 by Nicolas Sarkozy before being promoted to the rank of officer in last July, in his capacity as “actor, screenwriter, producer, director”.

A controversial distinction
In 2023, more than 300 people have been decorated with the Legion of Honor. We remember, however, that in 2016, Sophie Marceau literally refused to receive the Legion of Honor. On Twitter, the actress from the film “La Boum” explained that she did not want to receive this prize which was also given to the Minister of the Interior of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Ben Nayef, on March 4, 2016.

Explaining that she did not want to be associated with this type of personality, the actress then shared an article from the newspaper “Le Monde” in which we could read: “Legion of Honor for the Saudi Crown Prince. 154 executions last year in his country”. And Sophie Marceau retorts: “This is why I refused the Legion of Honor.” Furious, the actress continued by strongly criticizing this handing over of the legion “as a foreign personality” to a man who multiplies human rights violations and recalling that Saudi Arabia is the “third largest executor in the world”. world behind China and Iran”. Enough for the actress to be strongly supported and complimented for her courage, on social networks.

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