“I did not think it would come to this after fifteen years of political commitment,” Bruno Le Maire writes this Saturday morning. His trick of “wearing a turtleneck” as part of the sobriety plan was ridiculed by his political opponents and many netizens.
Après avoir affirmé sur France Inter fin septembre qu’on ne le verrait “plus avec une cravate mais avec un col roulé” for “faire des économies d’énergie”, the minister of the Économie publie ce samedi matin un texte sur son compte Facebook. He explains that he regrets that this case has overshadowed the underlying issues.
“So much noise for so little meaning”
According to Bruno Le Maire, this sequence illustrates “the pervasive mockery that risks gradually becoming our national public life”.
“So much noise for so little meaning: this is the tragedy of our democratic life,” he writes.
The Bercy tenant affirms that he would have preferred to talk about “expensive life, the risks that weigh on our industry, the strategy to control inflation”, but regrets that “they do not listen to her” because her speech “will be covered by noise” .
“We are a people, let’s not become a herd”
“I never recommended anyone to wear a turtleneck,” he defends himself.
In his words, this controversy is not, in itself, “serious”, but what derives from it is. It is “serious that the noise covers up the speech. Serious that the meaningless controversy drowns out the necessary debate,” laments Bruno Le Maire this Saturday.
He adds, however, that this story is also “healthy” because “humor is the hygiene of power.”
“With a sweater, with a tie, with a bathing suit or a suit, it doesn’t matter: I don’t give up on my ideas,” says the minister, adding: “we are a people, we are not turning into a herd.”
After Bruno Le Maire, it was Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne who appeared in a down jacket during a meeting at the Hôtel de Matignon. A way to lead by example.
Source: BFM TV
