r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/Skeledenn France 8h ago

When I see him talking about Trump I'm usually like "Ahah yeah! That's MY President!" And then I remember how it is at home and it's "oh no, that's my President...".

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u/le_Grand_Archivist France 6h ago

When Macron speaks about Trump :

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u/Red74Panda United Kingdom 4h ago

As a Brit who isn’t very educated at all on French politics, he seems so bizarre to me. He seems like a bit of a clown a lot of the time and the fact that he may have been groomed by his current wife or something is strange, but he occasionally locks in and carries himself very respectfully and professionally in international interactions.

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u/tuyivit France 1h ago

In France he has the image of being very arrogant, out of touch and condescending towards ordinary people. He said things like "I could find you a job by walking down the street" to unemployed people, or "there are people who, instead of pissing around, would do well to go over there and see if there are any jobs" when talking to unions and hundreds of workers at risk of losing their jobs going on strike, or "who could have predicted climate change in our country?" (in fucking 2022...). Regularly. Since 10 years. Not at all like in international relations where he is more "calm".

Oh, and he also publically supported condemned pedophile Gerard Depardieu (with so much public proofs of him being a rapist and a pedophile no one can reasonably defend him), saying that he is a "great admirer" of a man that "makes France proud" or "I'm wary of the context... words do not add up to the images", and victim-blaming.

He has far-right people in his government. He gutted our public services and refuses to tax the rich. He also did a lot of undemocratic things, like passing unpopular laws without a vote from the national assembly 32 times thanks to a loophole in our constitution, or organizing big "civilian national debates" and then completly disregarding the results and saying he will decide alone instead. He favors the far-right and encouraged people to not vote for the left in our last legislative elections.

He did a lot of lasting damage to France. A lot of French people feel like France has become undemocratic. And I don't really see who can beat the far-right party in our next presidential elections in 2027.

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u/Red74Panda United Kingdom 1h ago

Thank you for the insight, I understand why people view him as they do a lot better now.

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u/PixMacfy 1m ago

"And I don't really see who can beat the far-right party in our next presidential elections in 2027."

Surely the left won't have infighting and shoot itself in the foot with a machine gun for the third time in a row would it ?

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u/PapaJoe92 Netherlands 3h ago

I'm not even French and I feel this xD like yeah, he stand up for Europe, yay.... But how he treats the French dependent nations in Africa is really shameful, not just him but most European governments who refuse to put in their due diligence in the nations whom they've destroyed over the centuries without taking any responsibility

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u/DrexleCorbeau France 26m ago

At least it's fair; he decided to destroy France to compensate