The jury, chaired by Olivier de Lagarde, selected:

- Gabriel Attal, government spokesperson: "Emmanuel Macron likes debate."

France 2 – 22/02/2022

- Bruno Gilles, ex-senator LR: "During the previous election, I went down into the sewers to shake hands with rats; it didn't make me win."

The World – 02/13/2022

- Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, PS presidential candidate: "Things are going better, things are really going better in Paris."

Before the Federation of Vehicle Equipment Industries – 03/14/2022

- Thierry Mariani, MEP for the National Rally: "Me, I only change parties every 42 years."

The Parisian 01/21/2022

- Valérie Pécresse, LR presidential candidate: "If I am elected, I will tell Vladimir Poutine that we must build peace in Europe."

France 5 – 06/02/2022

- Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF, presidential candidate: "The service stations are the only place in France where the one who holds the gun is also the one who is held up."

Twitter – 09/02/2022

- Thierry Solère, LREM deputy: "My anatomy means that if my ass is between two chairs, I am perfectly seated."

The Parisian – 02/21/2022

- Eric Woerth, chairman of the finance committee at the National Assembly: "Me, I never said that I support Emmanuel Macron's 1st term; I said that I was going to support the 2nd."

South Radio – 02/16/2022

Other Short Phrase selections will take place in June, September and November.

The "Press club, humor and politics" prize was won in 2021 by Minister Marlène Schiappa who, in defending her bill aimed at combating polygamy, had seen fit to specify: "We are not going to ban threesomes".

In 2019, Edouard Philippe won.

Asked if everything went back to Matignon, the Prime Minister at the time replied: "No, only the shit".

Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the prize was not awarded in 2020.

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