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Spectator
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Spectator
Was this right-wing TV host joking about taking on Marine Le Pen?
A controversial and wildly popular right-wing television star says that he orchestrated a 'prank' that he was about to jump into the French presidential race. Cyril Hanouna is a foul-mouthed and hugely influential television star. His politics are messy, his delivery erratic, but he has a vast audience and momentum. He's anti-woke and talks a tougher line than Le Pen on immigration. News of Cyril Hanouna's potential presidential candidacy set France's media ablaze, with comparisons to Trump and Zelensky, media stars who leapt into politics. But was it a prank, as Hanouna later claimed, or a calculated test of the waters? The evidence suggests the latter. Hanouna admitted emailing 30 contacts about his supposed candidacy, expecting at least two to leak it. 'You let it infuse,' he said, 'give a couple of people fake assignments, and wait.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
French right-wing TV host fans talk of presidential bid
Provocative French radio and television host Cyril Hanouna has the country guessing Tuesday over whether he will run to be president in 2027. A star of France's right-wing media and close to the billionaire media mogul Vincent Bollore, Hanouna teased listeners to his Europe 1 radio show that he would tell the "truth" about his intentions on Tuesday or Wednesday. His comment came after the hard-right weekly Valeurs Actuelles stunned France earlier this week by printing what it said were parts of his manifesto. "There is a front page going around," Hanouna, 50, told his listeners Monday. "And it's setting fire to everything." Valeurs Actuelles described the manifesto as "revolutionary, disruptive and iconoclastic". It reportedly includes a "French Guantanamo" similar to the US military base in Cuba known for holding suspected Islamist militants that President Donald Trump's administration is now using to detain undocumented migrants. Hanouna also wants a minimum monthly salary of 2,200 to 2,300 euros ($2,617) and to replace all ministries with one super ministry in an efficiency drive. The star told listeners that the article the magazine printed was "not an interview" and it shouldn't be taken as an announcement of his candidacy. While Europe 1 drew parallels between Hanouna and how President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former comic actor, suddenly burst onto Ukraine's political scene, others have compared him to the Italian comedian-turned-politician Giuseppe Piero "Beppe" Grillo, founder of the Five Star Movement. The presenter would not take a salary as president, according to the magazine, and would moderate major democratic debates to decide policy. Hanouna also plans to build a padel court in the gardens of the Elysee Palace, the weekly said. The radio host is apparently obsessed with the fast-growing racket sport. A multi-millionaire, Hanouna was reported last month to be dating President Emmanuel Macron's 41-year-old step-daughter Tiphaine -- despite being an outspoken critic of the French leader. France's 2027 presidential election remains a wide open race, with Macron unable to stand for a third time and far-right leader Marine Le Pen potentially unable to stand due to her conviction in a fake jobs trial. Jordan Bardella, the 29-year-old leader of Le Pen's party who would stand if she was barred, said Tuesday he "does not believe" Hanouna will be a candidate while saying he had "lots of respect" for his work. reb-pr-cma-sjw/as/fg
Local France
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Local France
French Phrase of the Day: Touche pas à mon
Why do I need to know touche pas à mon? Because this slogan is an important cultural reference in France. What does it mean? Touche pas à mon - roughly pronounced toosh pah ah moan - is usually followed by a noun and translates as an informal version of 'don't touch my', in English you might say 'hands off my . . .' You'll see a lot of different variations of this phrase in France, as it has really entered the general consciousness in the last 40 years. The origins of the expression come from an anti-racism campaign from the 1980s. Touche pas à mon pote (don't touch my friend, or more informally 'hands off my mate') was launched in 1985 as the official slogan of the French association SOS Racisme. The design shows a yellow hand with the logo inscribed onto the palm. Since then, the phrase touche pas à mon has remained in the French consciousness, and it is often used for other campaigns, or even advertising slogans. It is also the name of the popular (yet controversial) TV show Touche pas à mon poste (TPMP) , hosted by Cyril Hanouna . The TV series is a play on words with the original - instead of mon pote the show uses mon poste , so it means 'Don't touch my TV set'. Advertisement There are plenty of other variations. For example, the campaign to protect party-goers from being unknowingly drugged is called touche pas à mon verre (don't touch my drink), while feminist campaigners used touche pas à mon IVG (hands off my right to abortion). Meanwhile, the left-wing French political party, La France Insoumise, has a podcast called touche pas à mon peuple (hands off my people). Manual widget for ML (class="ml-manual-widget-container") Use it like this L'association de défense des droits des automobilistes a lancé une campagne contre les modifications des permis de conduire, intitulée « Touche pas à mon permis ». - The motorists' rights group launched a campaign against changes to driving licences called 'Don't touch my licence'. La campagne « Touche pas à mon pote » a inspiré de nombreuses personnes dans les années 80. - The anti-racism campaign 'Hands off my mate' inspired a lot of people in the 80s.
Yahoo
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Uproar in France over hard left's image of right-wing star anchor
An image slammed by critics as anti-Semitic of a star right-wing television and radio presenter has caused uproar in France and also tensions within the hard left party that published it. The France Unbowed (LFI) party published the image last week of Cyril Hanouna, one of the most influential stars of right-wing media in France, as part of a campaign calling on people to turn out for nationwide anti-racism protests on March 22. It pictured Hanouna, who was born into a Jewish family that had immigrated to France from Tunisia, frowning with his face creased up in a grimace against a black background. Critics immediately accused the LFI of imitating the anti-Semitic tropes of the Third Reich. The controversy only intensified when the party acknowledged the image had been made using Artificial Intelligence (AI). Key LFI figures including its coordinator Manuel Bompard and chief of its parliamentary party Mathilde Panot admitted publishing the image was a "mistake" and it was withdrawn. But this has so far failed to quell the controversy. Socialist leader Olivier Faure, whose party successfully entered into a pact with the LFI in last year's legislative elections, said that the poster was "unacceptable" and called for an apology. The poster had "all the anti-Semitic references of the 1930s", he told BFMTV on Tuesday. "It's unacceptable. And what is even more intolerable is that they withdrew this poster and refused to apologise," he added. Several internet users have drawn parallels between the image and the publicity poster for notoriously anti-Semitic 1940 Nazi propaganda film "Der Ewige Jude" ("The Eternal Jew"). Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Sunday the poster used "the most nauseating anti-Semitic tropes". He said the LFI had used AI to distribute a "deepfake" warning that doing so without specifying that it was AI-generated was "punishable by a 15,000 euro fine and one year's imprisonment". - 'Shut up!' - The LFI's highest profile figure, the three-time presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon, has meanwhile accused right-wing media of exploiting the issue in a defiant position that has troubled even his own ranks. Interviewed on Sunday by the France 3 television channel, Melenchon angrily lashed out at an interviewer who asked him if the party had made a mistake with the image. "Why are you asking me this question? Who gives you the right? Who are you? Are you accusing me? Then shut up!" he raged. Pressed over whether it was anti-Semitism, he became even more enraged. "Why would it be anti-Semitism? Enough! Enough now!" he thundered just as the programme ended. According to messages on an internal WhatsApp group, seen and authenticated by AFP, several LFI lawmakers have expressed exasperation with the situation, with one asking: "Is there a way to avoid a shitstorm with every image we produce?" The LFI and Melenchon, who came third in 2022 presidential elections and whose party makes up the biggest left-wing faction in parliament, has faced accusations of failing to properly condemn attacks on October 7, 2023 by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel. Hanouna has become a household name in France for outspoken shows that often focus on far-right talking points around security and immigration. Seen as close to the right-wing billionaire Vincent Bollore, Hanouna was long a presenter on the C8 channel before it lost its frequency earlier this year. But his hit talk show is still being broadcast on web-based television and he presents daily on Europe 1 radio. "It's a caricature that takes us back to the darkest hours... And for me, there's no doubt it was done deliberately," Hanouna said on Europe 1 last week. His lawyer Stephane Hasbanian has said that LFI plans to file a complaint while Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said the posters aimed to put "targets on the back" of journalists. gbh-sac-sjw/ah/phz
