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Mathieu Bock-Côté: “Accused Hugo Clément, at the helm!”

4/21/2023, 5:59:35 PM


CHRONICLE - It is insofar as it retains the power to attach a label to those who think badly that the left retains its media hegemony.

It's a strange controversy that has shaken the media and the socialite left for a little over a week.

I recall the terms: Hugo Clément, the star journalist of France Inter, well known for his environmental commitment, found himself in debate with Jordan Bardella during an evening organized by the excellent weekly Current

values

.

The environmental question was precisely at the heart of their exchange.

Nothing could be more banal: an activist debates with a political leader about the future of the planet, trying to convince an audience that is not recognized to be his to embrace his concerns.

But the social left choked with indignation at this debate.

"

We do not debate with the RN

", repeated the political commissars, and we even less accept the invitations of

Current Values

.

For the left, the RN remains an "extreme right" party.

Read alsoHugo Clément – ​​Jordan Bardella debate: “The left kidnapped ecology from the 1990s”

Not hesitating to distribute this label more than generously, she also associates it, as absurd…

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