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Eight years after the 2015 attacks, is the "Charlie spirit" dead?

2023-01-11T21:01:54.357Z


INTERVIEW - Faced with an "offended generation" for whom cartoons constitute a "useless provocation", François Kraus, director of the political/news department of Ifop, delivers a pessimistic analysis on the future of freedom of expression in France .


January 11, 2015, France appears united.

United, the space of a day.

With more than 3.7 million people on the streets, the country stands up against the attack that has just struck the satirical magazine.

Support for

Charlie Hebdo

is claimed and ostensible.

Hence the wide resumption of a slogan monopolized by these crowds who came en masse:

"I am Charlie"

.

The right to humor, satire, and derision is sacred.

What remains today?

The signs of love now seem rarer, even non-existent.

No official march was organized in France this Wednesday, January 11 in memory of this historic moment.

Eight years later, has the “Charlie spirit” completely disappeared from our society?

The director of the political/news division of Ifop François Kraus delivers a sharp analysis and draws rather pessimistic prospects for the future.

LE FIGARO - Eight years after January 11, 2015 when national unity was required in all…

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Source: lefigaro

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