In his editorial of Thursday February 10, Paul Sugy, journalist for Le Figaro, looks at the opening of the conference on the future of Europe, where a poster showing a veiled woman is causing controversy.
The poster for the conference on the future of Europe, which takes place from February 11 to 13 and is jointly organised by the three EU institutions, is part of a series of 17 images created by the EU to illustrate and promote the event. I admit that I already feel a first uneasiness in the face of this kind of campaigning: 17 posters in total, which means that old people, young people, men, women… can be seen at the same time.
Every day, political representation submits more and more to the imperative of making things equal. Following this logic, will it one day take 450 million posters for everyone to be sure that they can perfectly identify with this advertising campaign?
Surprisingly, she is the only person who is attached to a visible religious sign. Nowhere is there a kippah or a baptismal medal.
What is the message? If one had to highlight one of several religions, why Islam, which is a very small minority in the EU?
Europe is a civilisation rooted in Christian faith rather than a supranational political organisation. Or if the message is that the headscarf is a “fashion” accessory like any other, let us be clear: The authors of the campaign make themselves accomplices of an Islamist propaganda discourse, against which one would wish for more resistance on the part of the EU.
After all, the “future” in many Islamic countries is gradually coming thanks to the struggle of thousands of courageous women who risk their safety by freeing themselves from this veil. It is precisely this veil that the EU highlights when it wants to think about the future. What a signal.
Under the pretext of fighting discrimination against Muslims, associations exploit the lack of transparency and compliance of the EU institutions to collect subsidies or influence EU policy.
https://lesobservateurs.ch/2022/02/10/ledito-de-paul-sugy-leurope-relais-de-la-propagande-islamiste/