“A debate that has no place”. Emmanuel Macron estimated on Wednesday that the “debate” around his absence from the march against anti-Semitism “had no reason to exist”, his “role” being in particular to “continue to preserve in this period the unity of the country”. According to Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Secretary of State for Citizenship and the City, guest of La Grande interview Europe 1-CNews on Friday, “the role of the President of the Republic, and he recalled it, is to work to free the hostages.
“We cannot always ask everything and do everything and instruct everything with the President of the Republic […] whatever he did, he would have been blamed for everything and its opposite. We still have hostages held by the Hamas terrorist group and the President of the Republic is working every day to free them,” assured the Secretary of State on Europe 1-CNews.
“Anti-Semitism is only the prelude to other hatreds”
The march against anti-Semitism organized last Sunday brought together 105,000 people in Paris and more than 182,000 people throughout France. But the absence of Emmanuel Macron at this gathering continues to be talked about, almost a week later. Especially since a visit caused an outcry in part of the political class: that of the controversial comedian Yassine Belattar, former member of the Presidential Council of Cities, who allegedly warned two advisors to the Head of State about a possible participation in the march, calling on the president not to make the irreparable error, which will give the neighborhoods reason to ignite.
A consultation which created controversy since the columnist was sentenced in September to four months in prison for death threats and threats of crime against entertainment personalities. But for Sabrina Agresti-Rubache, it is unlikely that Emmanuel Macron would have followed the advice of Yassine Belattar. “If we think very sincerely, we are the sixth world power, that one of the most powerful men in the world is being advised by Yassine Belattar to know whether he should come or not…”, she said slipped.
“The President is not afraid to send this or that message. He is afraid for the fate of our hostages, he is afraid of the situation in the Near and Middle East, anti-Semitism is only the prelude to other hatreds… So [il essaye] to preserve the unity of the nation,” continued the Secretary of State.