Emmanuel Macron, from the negation of French culture to the exaltation of eternal France
At Mont-Saint-Michel, Emmanuel Macron gave a lyrical speech for the 1000 years of the abbey. POOL/via REUTERS ANALYSIS – Since a swerve in 2017 which branded him as a supporter…
Emmanuel Macron, from the negation of French culture to the exaltation of eternal France
At Mont-Saint-Michel, Emmanuel Macron gave a lyrical speech for the 1000 years of the abbey. POOL/via REUTERS
ANALYSIS – Since a swerve in 2017 which branded him as a supporter of multiculturalism, the President of the Republic has tried several times to correct the situation.
It is the alliance of art and nature, of the spiritual and the technical, of faith and the hand of men: a stone citadel rising in the middle of the waves, Mont-Saint-Michel is the setting for a thousand years of history. Protector of France until the wish of Louis XIII, one of the voices of Joan of Arc, patron of the most prestigious order of chivalry: Saint-Michel overlooks the centuries. And difficult to deny in front of the mount which is dedicated to him that there is no French culture.
At the beginning of 2017, in Lyon, Emmanuel Macron had however hammered it: “There is not a French culture, there is a culture in France and it is diverse.” Before adding, in London this time: “French art, I’ve never seen it.” Coquetry of khâgneux or diverse conviction? These exits, concomitant with that on colonization in Algeria – described as “crime against humanity– contributed to keeping the right-wing electorate away from the future President of the Republic at the time. Little phrases that will mark him…
