The words of Eric Zemmour rehabilitating the Vichy regime fall under "
revisionism and traditional anti-Semitism
" and are "
to vomit
", said Sunday the Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, at the
Radio J
Forum
.
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The polemicist, who does not hide his presidential ambitions, affirms in particular that Marshal Pétain, head of the Vichy regime, saved French Jews.
"
Eric Zemmour is one of the faces of what is a long tradition in our country, the hateful anti-Semitic French far right (...) He (in) is one of the temporary but dangerous faces
", said Clément Beaune.
"
The myth of Pétain, the protector of the Jews, does not stand up to historical analysis for a second (...) Mr. Zemmour is adorned with scandalous historical lies
," added the Secretary of State.
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Clément Beaune invited the polemicist to go and see a "
document annotated by the hand of Pétain, on the status of the Jews of October 1940
".
“
For anyone who believes that Pétain was a shield, that he alleviated the plight of the Jews of France, look at Pétain's handwriting on this document.
It hardens the status of Jews, it adds professions to the prohibitions against Jews,
”he said.
"
Yes, there were a lot of Jews protected, saved by the Righteous, heroic French people (...) The 75% of people saved, it's not Pétain, it's despite Pétain, it's despite Laval, despite the “crap” “collaborationist
”, asserted the Secretary of State.
