Sex scene in Bruno Le Maire’s book provokes ridicule and anger among opposition politicians
An explicit sex scene in a newly published novel by the French economy minister has left the government facing fresh accusations it is not listening to the concerns of the country just as it tries to contain anger over the unpopular rise in the pension age.
The novel was published hours before the credit ratings agency Fitch downgraded the country’s debt worthiness last week, feeding accusations from leftwingers that writing the novel had taken Le Maire’s focus off the economy and inflation. The public broadcaster France Info said that the sex scene, involving a character called Julia, had been greeted with “mockery and stupefaction”, while the French edition of theJulia’s declaration, “I’ve never been this dilated”, sparked ridicule and became the topic ofThe satirist and comedian Sophia Aram read out the sex scene on France’s most popular radio station to a soundtrack of Spandau Ballet music amid jokes about the economy on its knees.
Le Maire’s colleague, the labour minister, Olivier Dussopt, admitted he had not read the novel but defended the minister’s right to write it. “This shows that there are feelings … behind the suits of the ministers,” he told BFMTV, adding that he had read the sex scene and it “made him smile”.
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