the word “decivilization” used by the president is controversial

By pronouncing these words solemnly in the Council of Ministers on Wednesday May 24, Emmanuel Macron hoped that they would be reported. “No violence is legitimate (…) we must work in depth to counterer this process of decivilization”, he said. It is the succession of tragedies, in Roubaix (North) with the police officers killed in particular, but also the violence on the elected officials which allowed him to use this word. “Ihe Head of State took a risk by using this word (…) it gives the feeling of a crisis of civilisation”explains Bruno Cauterspolitical scientist.

Dangerous word for the left

This word was used in the eponymous work of far-right author Renaud Camus, to whom we also owe the theory of the “Great Replacement”. In the eyes of the left, it is a dangerous word. The right, on the contrary, finds that the word is correct, but insufficient. “We want him to bring remedies”continues Bruno Retailleau, president of the LR group in the Senate.