“Nonsense”, “udder” and “clitoris”: the political humor award presented a new nomination

He will reward the funniest pairing of the year, “whether voluntary or involuntary humor without distinction.” The jury of the 2023 Press Club Humor and Politics Awards on Thursday selected a new series of “phrases” uttered by politicians as their award for the funniest outburst of the year. Six candidates were selected.

There we find, in particular, a statement by Emmanuel Macron, who in August would regret limiting presidential mandates. “Not being re-elected is terrible nonsense,” the president said during a meeting with opposition party leaders in Seine-Saint-Denis. Comments published by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who ridiculed X (ex-Twitter), “repressive measures” against the head of state.

Also elected MP Carl Olivet (Renaissance) stated in May in our columns about Emmanuel Macron that “the minute he was elected president, he realized that there was no more milk in the breast of the Republic.” Former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe is also featured with remarks praising the negotiating skills of Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Bechoux, with whom he is close. “When he comes to a meeting, he butters you up, then eats you up, and you don’t understand anything,” the mayor of Le Havre told Le Parisien newspaper.

Ségolène Royal: “new with old”

“I don’t think we can make something new out of old things, even if the circular economy is very popular,” MP Christine Pires-Bon (PS) said on franceinfo after Ségolène Royal said she was ready to lead trade union. List of leftists in European elections. The Socialist MP for Puy-de-Dôme will be up for a humor prize for this prediction, just like environmentalist Sandrine Rousseau, who opined in a tweet in May that “clitoris visibility (has been) a feminist struggle.

The last named former Secretary of State Marlene Schiappa was amused by the revelations of some media in the case of the allocation of the “Marianne Fund”, in which she is directly involved. “Interrogation by Mediapart is the best way to stay in government,” she quipped to some of her colleagues in June, according to L’Express, months before she was fired from the ministerial team.

The first selection of short proposals, which already included Emmanuel Macron, Edouard Philippe and Sandrine Rousseau, was made public in June by a jury chaired by Bernard de La Villardiere. The prize, awarded since 2002 by a team of French journalists, will be presented in December.