Emmanuel Macron chooses Philippe de Villiers, takes advice from Jean-Marie Bigard, show respect to Professor Didier Raoult, comforts Eric Zemmour. Simple courtesy to characters who matter in the media? After all, the Puy du Fou said De Villiers is a popular spectacle, the debate on the treatment of coronavirus at the Raoult stirred opinion, the closure of cafes denounced by Bigard plunges them into difficulty, the aggression against Zemmour, whatever the polemist’s ideas, is unjustifiable.
But the multiplication of these gestures still suggests a somewhat dubious political calculation. If Puy du Fou can reopen, why not other festivals that we have banned? If Raoult is a recognized scientist, his cookie-cutter statements and the doubts about chloroquine raised by several incontestable medical journals are problematic. If Bigard has the right to speak in favor of restaurants and cafes, are there not organizations
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