“Youth is angering the Front National”: Marion Cotillard’s highly political (and much-criticised) denim jacket

A form of commitment in times of crisis. Since the victory of the National Rally in the European elections, followed by the dissolution of the National Assembly, all of France is preparing to return to the polls on 30 June and 7 July for new legislative elections. For more than a week, anti-RN voters have been marching in the streets with a common goal: to do everything so that Jordan Bardella’s party does not emerge victorious. To achieve this, celebrities and influencers have put their heart and soul into social networks. Like Marion Cotillard who, by posting a selfie on her Instagram account, defended her political beliefs.

In the photo, the 48-year-old actress is dressed in a denim jacket decorated with several badges. A vampire’s mouth, a pink heart, but above all a round yellow badge that reads: “TOURS 18.3. 92, Youth FUCKS the National Front”. A nod to March 18, 1992, the day when demonstrations were organized throughout France to protest the unprecedented rise of the National Front in regional and cantonal elections. The badge’s slogan is inspired by the famous expression “Youth makes the National Front angry”, which became the anthem of a generation in 1984 thanks to the song Pigsty by the punk band Bérurier Noir.

Against the far right

“Hello, I love you!” wrote director and screenwriter Xavier Dolan in a comment under the photo of Marion Cotillard, while Juliette Armanet, Camélia Jordana, Isabelle Huppert and Elle Fanning were satisfied with a like it. But the political publication also received a lot of criticism. “The famous caviar left”, “Hypocrisy at its peak”, “Unbearable”, protested some Internet users. “The millionaire girl who had a good time on a luxury yacht during her captivity comes back to teach the French”, “How does she allow herself to speak in the name of all young people?”, say others. Not enough to destabilize the actress who the same day shared in an Instagram story the open letter of influencer Squeezie who also invited people to vote against the far right.