Brigitte Bardot: Her death divides the nation

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Hardly was Brigitte Bardot

died, the struggle for her role for French posterity began. France is losing its “Marianne, who loved it so much”, tweeted Jordan Bardellaparty leader of the Rassemblement National, a “passionate patriot and animal lover”. The death of “Brigitte” Bardella’s party colleague Marine Le Pen also wrote on Xwas a great loss, Bardot was “incredibly French”, “free, indomitable, with integrity”.

While the statements from the right-wing camp were similar in tone and superlatives, the expressions of condolence from the French left were, if at all, muted. Although Bardot shaped French cinema, he “turned away from republican values”, it was said from the socialist camp. For just a few hours you can “unacceptable statements“forget and honor her commitment to animal protection. Other politicians such as the left-wing populist Jean-Luc Mélenchon or the socialist Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo did not even speak up. “Brigitte Bardot, drifted into racist hatred,” was the headline of the left-liberal daily newspaper Liberation.

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