PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron led nationwide outrage Saturday after an ultra-conservative magazine portrayed a black lawmaker as a slave.
The French presidency said Macron called Danielle Obono from the far-left party France Unbowed and "expressed his clear condemnation of any form of racism".
Prime Minister Jean Castex said it was a "revolting publication that calls for clear condemnation" and told Obono that she had the government's backing."One is free to write a putrid novel within the limits fixed by the law. One is free to hate it. I hate it," said Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti.Il paraît 'Qu'on-Peut-Pu-Rien-Dire' #BienPensance.
An official from France's far-right National rally party, Wallerand de Saint-Just, said the story was "in absolute bad taste".
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