"A populist comic candidate for the Élysée? We do not see who would be the new Coluche"

LE FIGARO. - The deputy Joachim Son-Forget, known for his eccentricities, will be a presidential candidate in 2022, he announced in the program "Touche pas à mon poste". The candidacy of host Cyril Hanouna was mentioned. What do these seemingly wacky scenarios inspire in you?

Jacques DE SAINT VICTOR. - We can of course see this as one symptom among others of the crisis of representative democracy. The observation has been made since the "yellow vests" but it has been incubating in France at least since 2014, when I published my essay when the traditional political system still seemed to be in full force. It is difficult to see how quickly everything can slip. Part of the voters no longer consider themselves "represented" by their elected representatives, they no longer trust their elites in the broad sense and are looking for new solutions, to "speak the truth", even "crazy about the king" , of characters likely to tear the veil of ignorance and to say that "the king is naked". It can go so far as to broadcast

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