Should this be seen as a consequence of Eric Zemmour's contested proposal to oblige parents to give their children a so-called “French” first name?
Still, among the most significant slips of the year 2021, the confusion around the first name, and also the name, unduly attributed to the far-right polemicist has flourished since the start of the school year.
At the end of September, the language of Pascal Praud thus involuntarily forked over CNews by designating his former colleague.
But if on France Inter and LCI journalists have momentarily confused Eric Zemmour and ... Eric Ciotti, the latter is not offended. Quite the contrary. "It is not an insult for me, as do some on your antenna", reacted the LR deputy of Nice on France Inter, settling in passing his accounts with columnists officiating on the public service of which he visibly appreciates little. 'humor.
Another category noticed this year: slips with partisan connotations. Caroline Roux on France 2, Sonia Mabrouk on Europe 1 and Laurence Ferrari on CNews have also paid the price. And to get out of this embarrassing confusion, the first rectified with a remark mixing humor and sorority, the second immediately reformulated her question, the third unfortunately saw nothing coming. Conversely, Thomas Sotto realized even before having uttered a slip of the tongue featuring Valérie Pécresse in the role of a famous singer.
Gilles Bouleau, he was not left out.
After Emmanuel Macron's televised address broadcast at the beginning of November, the presenter of the 8 p.m. of TF1 made a very noticeable slip by evoking the strengthening of health controls before correcting himself, as you can discover in our video.