Press Release from Ms. Muriel Marland-Militello:
“According to the newspapers Sud Ouest and La Provence, an administrative commission has supposedly quietly given a favorable opinion on listing bullfighting as part of France’s intangible cultural heritage, information that the office of the Minister of Culture and Communication seems unaware of.
If this information were to be confirmed, one could only be surprised by this decision made without the slightest consultation on a highly controversial subject.
If this information were to be confirmed, transparency would naturally require knowledge of the list of commission members and the opinion expressed by each member.
In any case, this opinion would be an anachronism coupled with a denial of democracy.
• An anachronism because last year, Catalonia in Spain, a land of bullfighting tradition, decided to abolish these cruelties.
• An anachronism because the abolition of bullfighting aligns with the course of history, contrary to the promotion of barbarism that panders to the basest instincts of individuals under the guise of culture.
• A denial of democracy because it goes against the overwhelming opinion of the French opposed to these outdated practices, including in the so-called bullfighting regions.
• A denial of democracy because it attempts to preempt a cross-party bill, initiated by Ms. Marland-Militello and supported by 75 deputies from across France.
Before taking any decision on this matter, the least we can do is organize a democratic debate.
Consequently, Muriel Marland-Militello urges Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, to quickly take a position concerning this unjust opinion, considering the ethical and political consequences it entails.
She also urges him to allow the representatives of the Nation to express themselves on this issue of civilization by having the Marland-Gaillard bill listed on the Parliament’s agenda.”
Comment from Nice-Premium: What can be said in the face of such brazenness?
The ‘concept’ of intangible cultural heritage is being subject to abuses and distortions with the complicity of the Minister of Culture, who is all too happy to lend a hand to the various lobbies that, as we know, influence the political world.
As the old saying goes: where there is cheese, beware of rats!
