Should we manage a nationwide tribute to Brigitte Bardot? A query that has grow to be political | EUROtoday

Eric Ciotti, head of the Union of Rights for the Republic (UDR), requested Emmanuel Macron on Monday December 29 to arrange a nationwide tribute to Brigitte Bardot, just like the one paid in 2017 to singer Johnny Hallyday. “France has the duty to honor its Marianne”wrote this ally of the National Rally (RN) on the social community X, whereas relaying a petition launched by his social gathering to demand this tribute.

“Brigitte Bardot is gone, but the icon is more alive than ever at our side. While the left pours out its hatred on social networks and into media microphones against the woman who so well embodied France, her insolence, her panache, her elegance… the President of the Republic must have the courage to organize a national tribute for our BB! »is written in this UDR petition, which gathered, at midday on Monday, some 8,500 signatures.

A hypothesis immediately rejected by the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, who recalled that the actress, who died on Sunday at the age of 91, had been “ repeatedly convicted by the courts for racism”. “National tributes are paid for exceptional services rendered to the nation. Brigitte Bardot was an iconic actress of the New Wave”he wrote in a message printed on X. “ Solar, she left her mark on French cinema, but she also turned her back on republican values. he added.

Questioned a little earlier on the subject, the socialist deputy Philippe Brun responded on Europe 1 ” why not ? » : “If the President of the Republic decided it, I don’t see why we should oppose it”he had estimated.

“Too racist” for a tribute

Asked to react to the silence which surrounded the disappearance of the actress and activist, known for her sympathies towards the extreme right, on the left, Philippe Brun assured that“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about”.

“We know his career, we also know his convictions, we obviously condemn his political commitment”he explained. “Brigitte Bardot was a very great figure, a symbol of freedom, rebellion, passion and who also embodied our country abroad”also declared the vice-president of the finance committee of the National Assembly.

Few left-wing figures reacted to the death of the French icon, in the midst of a unanimous chorus of praise from the right and the far right, whose cause Brigitte Bardot had espoused. “It is said that God created woman. Some believe it, others don’t. We all agree that French cinema created BB and it made it shine throughout the world… This, to our greatest happiness”however, tweeted the boss of the communists, Fabien Roussel.

Much more critical, the environmentalist MP Sandrine Rousseau lashed out at the Bluesky network: “Being moved by the plight of dolphins and being indifferent to the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean, what level of cynicism is that? » Paris MP Sarah Legrain, member of the management of La France insoumise, estimated that the actress was “too racist” to receive a tribute from the “rebels”.

On Monday, the town hall of Saint-Tropez announced that Brigitte Bardot would be buried in the town’s marine cemetery facing the Mediterranean, where her parents already rest, without specifying a date for the ceremony. The actress had expressed her wish to ” to relaxation “ in his Saint-Tropez property of La Madrague.