She reacts to attacks from the far right against an artist.
Rachida Dati returned this Tuesday to the controversy targeting Aya Nakamura, whose name is circulating for singing at the Olympic Games.
“Be careful of pretexts for attacking someone out of pure racism,” said the Minister of Culture during a Senate hearing.
“Attacking an artist for who she is is unacceptable, it is a crime,” continued the government member.
Aya Nakamura is stigmatized by the French far right, bristling at the idea that she could sing at the opening of the Olympic Games, although this information from L'Express has not yet been made official.
A peak was reached this weekend.
Boos arose at the mention of the artist this Sunday, during a first major campaign meeting for the European elections of Reconquête!, Éric Zemmour's far-right party.
“She doesn’t sing in French”
Marion Maréchal, head of the party's list for the European elections, gave it a shout out this Tuesday on BFM: "We like it or we don't like it, she doesn't sing in French."
The anti-Aya Nakamura cannot stand the liberties that the artist takes with the French language, as in “Djadja”, mixing vocabulary and images from the four corners of the world.
Marion Maréchal (@MarionMarechal) believes that Aya Nakamura “does not sing in French” pic.twitter.com/2F7WkE5zDt
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) March 12, 2024
In addition, a small ultra-right group, Les Natifs, posted this Saturday on its networks a photo of a banner hung by around ten of its members on the banks of the Seine.
“There’s no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market!”
“, we can read there.
“There’s no way” refers to his hit “Djadja”, with more than 950 million views on YouTube.
The megastar, on the other hand, has since garnered a lot of support, including that of the director Thomas Jolly, in charge of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, who said on his networks that he was "deeply shocked by the racism" of which she is a "victim ".
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Without confirming the singer's participation, he promises that “the ceremonies will speak out against any form of discrimination.
France, through a mosaic of talents, will celebrate the beauty and richness of its diversity.
» Aya Nakamura, for her part, thanked her community this Tuesday on the X network (formerly Twitter) “for the support” received.
Thank you for the support, especially to my community ❤️
I feel like I introduced you to Edith Piaf and that she was reincarnated in me 🤧
The rest, whether they like us or not, is their back.
— Aya Nakamura (@AyaNakamuraa) March 12, 2024
“I have the impression that I have introduced you to Édith Piaf and that she has been reincarnated in me,” she wrote in particular.