Europe 1 07:18, 08 October 2021
Invited Wednesday on Europe 1 and CNEWS, Eric Zemmour described as "criminal" a circular from National Education aimed at ensuring better support for transgender students at school.
The almost presidential candidate had launched a hazardous comparison of Jean-Michel Blanquer with Doctor Mengele.
The Minister of Education reacted to the microphone of Europe 1.
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On Wednesday, Eric Zemmour described as "criminal" the circular of National Education aimed at ensuring better care for transgender students.
The polemicist had even compared the methods of Jean-Michel Blanquer to those of Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who perpetrated crimes against Jews during the Second World War.
The Minister of National Education reacted to the microphone of Europe 1. He will also be the guest of France moves this Friday at 1 pm.
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"What is excessive is derisory. The comparison does not even deserve an answer because it is so absurd and degrading for the one who formulates it. But above all, it is clear that he has entered the campaign and that, suddenly, the caricature and the lie does not frighten him, "said the minister at the microphone of Europe 1.
"What he said is totally false. On this circular, what inspires everything I do on this case as on others, is always the child. The best interests of the child are It is in the interest of the child that schools have been kept open, it is in the interest of the pupil that we do what we do for guidance. all children, whatever their sexual orientation, must obviously, and all adolescents above all, feel good at school. as a danger that sometimes exists in certain countries, for example, "added Jean-Michel Blanquer.
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"Mr. Zemmour says anything"
the minister defends his circular, designed to defend the interests of children.
"The subject is not to have a race for sexual identity. The subject is that everyone feels equal, is good in a school. So just read this circular to understand that Mr. . Zemmour said anything. It just sets people on fire, it divides society for nothing, it insults. In this case, it insults your servant, "said the minister.
"It's a shame. I think his brain deserves better than that, but in any case, I think that in this campaign we should avoid getting into this kind of controversy which is very unhealthy because we make people believe things that do not exist. Once again, his method, we can see it clearly there. It consists in pointing out a problem that does exist, drifts that exist elsewhere. I am the first to say it, but to do as if this was what we were doing and as if it was a general reality. And that is obviously very dangerous, "he concluded.