Philippe Vandel, edited by Clément Perruche 10:52 a.m., September 24, 2021

For its hundredth issue, "La Croix L'Hebdo" publishes a manifesto, signed by 100 personalities, in which the magazine issues a number of commitments ensuring a calm and democratic public debate.

Jérôme Chapuis, the director of La Croix explained the magazine's approach at the microphone of Philippe Vandel.

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Was the debate between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Eric Zemmour on Thursday evening democratic and peaceful?

Nothing is less sure.

At a time when the public debate is increasingly polluted by fake news, the hot reaction of social networks and anonymity,

La Croix L'Hebdo

publishes a manifesto for a "free and respectful" debate signed by 100 personalities of all stripes.

Jérôme Chapuis, the director of La Croix, came to explain the magazine's approach in "Culture Medias".

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Ensuring the conditions for a peaceful debate

"The idea is that the public debate, the quality of public speech first, is very important. A few months before the presidential election, it is everyone's business," explains Jérôme Chapuis. For him, social networks have shaken up the serenity of public debate. "Thanks or because of social networks, everyone has instant access to public space. We can speak. It is a very good thing on paper. But we saw during the electoral elections in the United States in 2016 that it disrupts the democratic game. "

Hence the idea of ​​the editorial staff of the magazine

La Croix L'Hebdo

to write a manifesto enacting principles ensuring the holding of a fully democratic public debate.

"We made a very simple, very concrete list that everyone can take for themselves. It is for each of our readers first, but also each French person, finally, says to himself 'Here is me in my place. . This is what I can do to make this campaign run smoothly. "

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Ten commitments appear in the said manifesto.

Among them: fight against false information, refrain from relaying information whose source is unknown, do not attack privacy, do not insult, defame, humiliate or denigrate.

"It seems obvious, but today, in fact, it is not so obvious", estimates Jérôme Chapuis.

"We all want to be part of the public space. What is important is the civility of the debates."