The debate on inclusive writing is also occurring within the ranks of government.
Élisabeth Moreno added on Wednesday November 18 on France Info her little piece in the controversy over the addition of the personal pronoun "
iel
", contraction of "
he
" and "
she
", to the Le Robert dictionary a few days ago.
“
That we say that potentially, we can say 'iel', because it enriches the language and it is a neutral pronoun, why is it so shocking?
», She asked?
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For her, the addition of this inclusive personal pronoun in the dictionary is not "
ideological
".
"
An ideology is forcing someone to do something he does not want to do, it is to put something in his head that he would not have had alone
", she defends .
According to her, the inclusion of this word by Le Robert is "
a step forward for people who want to recognize themselves in this pronoun
".
“
And I don't see what that takes away from those who don't want to use it,
” she adds.
A not unanimous position in the government
But the position of Minister Elisabeth Moreno is not unanimous in the majority or in the government.
LREM deputy François Jolivet wrote a few days ago to the Académie Française to find out the institution's “
point of view
” on this dictionary initiative.
"
Stunned by this initiative
", the parliamentarian asks academics to decide on this subject because, according to him, "
this orientation
" is "
the stigma of the entry into our language of so-called 'inclusive' writing, undoubtedly the precursor of the advent of the 'woke' ideology, destroyer of the values which are ours
”.
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This initiative was welcomed by the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer.
In a tweet, the latter supported the approach of deputy François Jolivet.
“
Inclusive writing is not the future of the French language.
Even though our students are in the process of consolidating their fundamental knowledge, they cannot have that for reference,
”writes the one who created a think tank called the Laboratory of the Republic to fight against the woke ideology.
"An offense to the tongue"
The subject also prompted Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region and candidate for the LR congress.
On RTL, the former Minister of Higher Education judged that the addition of the word "
iel
" in the dictionary was "
an offense to the French language
".
“
I am not for deconstructing the language.
In the French language, the neutral is the masculine,
”she pleaded.
And to specify that she had banned inclusive writing in the administrative documents of her region when she took over.
“
The real problem is that this writing excludes,
” she concludes.
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