Since AFP saw fit, in the way of a dispatch on my way to the Europe 1 morning, giving his own reading of my About the Interior Minister, I want to re-emphasize my position here.
First, the sentence Hortefeux is unacceptable for a Minister of the Republic. It must be condemned as such, and it was.
Secondly, should we conclude that it is a racist and he should therefore resign? To these two questions this morning I said no, and I persist. To say this is by no means the " defend" or justify, excuse his comments. It just put things in their place and deny that the terms that are used are overused, and that nothing has meaning.
It is unfortunate that in the current situation, those responsible for interventions and transcribe the information first think to make buzz and to raise mayonnaise, according to a mechanism that is knows well: a telegram and each repeat, without review or verify the sources, which he read at his neighbor. All this not to be left out and miss a scoop.
A news agency on the issue this morning which would have entitled not Dray (PS) defends Hortefeux, "a Republican" who not racist, but Julien Dray condemns About Hortefeux, but does not request his resignation would have been more faithful. But: it would not have to play the tune of dividing the left, or my compromise with Nicolas Sarkozy. Angle probably sells more ... Media to know where their priorities.
Julien Dray
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