The current debates on the 2025 budget are not only about the revenue that will be obtained in the event of a budget slide. Sometimes it is also a question of “semantics”, such as the intervention of the foreign deputy Frédéric Maillot this Thursday, October 24.
From his seat, the elected representative of the Meeting, a member of the Democratic and Republican Left (RDA) group, takes the microphone and questions his colleagues about the expression “working clandestinely.”
An expression that dates back to the Middle Ages
“Couldn’t we prefer to use the word ‘hidden work’? Why, every time it was negative, would the word black be used,” he asks, before listing several expressions: “Black list, black sheep, broyer du noir.”
Several Internet users then reacted to X, remembering the origin of the expression. This dates back to the Middle Ages, a time when current regulations prohibited working at night. Some surrounded him, forcing his employees to work with candles.
Source: BFM TV
