Interviewed this Wednesday, June 17 on BFMTV-RMC, the President of the Assembly deplored the organization by LFI next Sunday of an “anti-racist music festival”. She believes that we “should not politicize” this event which “belongs to all French people”.
While La France insoumise has announced that it will organize “anti-racist concerts and speeches” on the Place de la République, in Paris, for the music festival on Sunday June 21, Yaël Braun-Pivet believes that we “should not politicize” the festival.
Questioned on BFMTV this Wednesday, June 17, the President of the National Assembly believes that, “the music festival is a celebration that belongs to all French people, it is a moment of celebration, of joy, of sharing.” She adds: “It’s not the place, it’s not the day above all. Let the French come together and celebrate something together, whatever their political opinions.”
“Music should bring us together and not segment us.”
The President of the National Assembly therefore joins the socialist mayor of the Paris Center sector, Ariel Weil, who reacted on “It’s a danger to public order.”
Music festivals planned at the National Assembly and the Élysée
In the columns of Le Parisien, LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard declared that the goal was to “make the campaign a moment of cultural ferment”.
Concerts are planned at Place de la République from 6 p.m. to midnight – the group Acid Arab, the rapper Kulturr, the rapper 2L and the DJ Guido are scheduled there. The event will be preceded by a major march against all forms of discrimination, at the call of the mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko.
For the music festival, the National Assembly will also host a party, recalls Yaël Braun-Pivet on BFMTV – although she assures that she will not make “any speeches” there. The Élysée will also open its doors to several artists, such as Lora Juodkaité, Marce Cerrone, Feder or Monroe, the French candidate for Eurovision this year 2026.
