Song of the Pyrenees Shortly after his speech … Emmanuel Macron was photographed on Monday evening singing in the middle of the street in the company of passers-by. The videotape was released by the “Liberation” organization, which will have links with the extreme right, but the president did not know the identity of the other singers, according to his entourage.
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The scene looks so surreal that many netizens imagine a montage or a file “deepfake”. On Monday evening, shortly after his first speech after the promulgation of the pension reform, Emmanuel Macron sings “Shelter”by Edmond Dublanc, a traditional Pyrenees song, in the middle of the street, not far from the Montparnasse tower.
sequel after announcement
After his speech, the President of the Republic took a moment with his wife. They were challenged by a group of young men singing (…) and then he joined them in the song of the Pyrenees, which he loves and knows “The delegation accompanying the head of state responded on Tuesday at the request of Agence France-Presse. “He didn’t know at the time the background of everyone he spoke to.”The same source insisted.
An app founded by far-right activists
The first video showing the scene was posted shortly after midnight on the Facebook page The Kanto Projectshowing a lyric organization with a name and an app, with the caption: “Only the Mafia and the Kanto Project can blackmail a head of state”. The association identifies itself on its website as an advocate of heritage, and the preservation of popular songs in digital form.
However, a poll for Liberation published in 2022 singled out the association, claiming that it was founded and led by far-right activists, and that the app listed, among other things, nationalist songs or songs associated with the Third Reich.
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“Political singing is part of the history of singing, so it is on the list. Some are associated with the far right, others with the far left (…) Our choice is simply to list all the popular songs”Then the League responded to “Liberation”.
sequel after announcement
In another video that appears to show the beginning of the scene, transmitted this Tuesday by a journalist from “Current Values”, we see the head of state separated by the quote. “Do you want to come with us to sing?” someone asks. The scene cuts, and then we see Emmanuel Macron asking How do you know this song? »before the person suggests toning “Shelter”.
“Come, make me a verse of refuge”It is answered by the President of the Republic, who previously sang it during a trip to the Hautes-Pyrénées in 2022.
