Macron loses his lawsuit against the advertiser Michel-Ange Flori
Macron loses his lawsuit against the advertiser Michel-Ange FloriJacob's Ladder - May 21, 2023
Macron loses his lawsuit against the advertiser Michel-Ange Flori who represented him as Hitler and Pétain.
Convicted at first instance and on appeal for “public insults” to the President of the Republic, Michel-Ange Flori appealed to the Court of Cassation. Emmanuel Macron and the courts prosecuted him until appeal. The conviction paradoxically proved the merits of Michel-Ange Flori, since Hitler and Pétain, to whom Emmanuel Macron was compared, would never have allowed criticism. The Court of Cassation ruled that the humor was legal. A small step in case law, but a big step for freedom of expression.
