During a concert on Thursday July 6, the singer Izïa launched into a violent diatribe against the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, triggering the opening of an investigation for “public provocation to commit a crime or an offense. ”
Izïa blacklisted? The singer, who performed on Thursday July 6 at the opening of the Nuits Guitare festival in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, launched into a violent outing on Emmanuel Macrondescribing a scenario in which she imagined the head of state as a giant Piñata, the crowd would be equipped with “huge bats with nails at the end like in Clockwork Orange (Clockwork Orange Editor’s note).” An investigation for “public provocation to commit a crime or misdemeanor” was opened against Izïa Higeli, the Nice prosecutor’s office said on Saturday, an investigation which does not follow a complaint, said the prosecution.
Inevitably, this sequence sparked a lively controversy around the daughter of Jacques Higelin. Even worth the cancellation of his next concert, this Thursday, July 13 in Marcq-en-Baroeul, on the occasion of the National Day, announces RMC. According to a press release from the mayor of the city, Bernard Gérard, reported by France 3 Hauts-de-France“the coming of the artist, for a public, free and family concert would be in contradiction with the values of gathering which prevail during our National Day.”
In a democracy, it is not possible that one can be prosecuted for an artistic performance that cannot at any time be taken at face value.
In Macron’s France, yes.#IziaHigelin pic.twitter.com/FRHX2PUtPr— Marcel (@realmarcel1) July 8, 2023
For her release, Izïa Higelin is taking a big risk. Public provocation to commit a crime or misdemeanor is punishable by a five-year prison sentence and a fine of 45,000 euros.