When Mathieu Bock-Côté, columnist at
Le Figaro
, points out, on the set of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1 -
Les Échos
- CNEWS, which he co (animates with Sonia Mabrouk, to Manuel Valls that "
the great thinkers of the left who have marked the last decades are more favorably received today in the pages of Figaro than in the world
, ”the former Prime Minister of François Hollande nods.
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These intellectual figures of the left, including the historian Jacques Julliard and the philosopher Marcel Gauchet, find a prominent place in the oldest daily in France. “
We often talked about it with Laurent Bouvet,
” recalls Manuel Valls.
Laurent Bouvet, political scientist and founder of the Printemps Républicain, who died this Saturday at only 53 years old, according to Manuel Valls received "
the most beautiful tributes, beyond his friends of the Printemps Républicain
" in the "
magnificent paper of Alexandre Devecchio
" , journalist at
Le Figaro
.
According to the former Prime Minister of François Hollande, Laurent Bouvet "
found more space in Figaro and Marianne
" than in the columns of other media, supposedly closer to this edge of the political spectrum.
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Jacques Julliard, emblematic representative of the second Rocardian left, described by Manuel Valls as a “
magnificent republican reference
”, himself “
passed from Nouvel Observateur to Marianne, and obviously to Figaro
”, recalls the former Prime Minister. According to him, a way to bring the battle of ideas to life. "
We are in a country where the intellectual debate is important and it should never be caricatured
", indeed considers the former statesman. "
I believe in intellectual debate and in the confrontation of ideas
", affirms the one for whom "
often, the left was able to function by the injunction
", by dedicating to the gemonies those and those who "
spoke of immigration and security
". "
I am not giving up,
”insists once again the former socialist, who maintains that he has found“
the right words
”following the 2015 attacks, speaking of“
war
”led by Islamism.
