Baron noir (2016–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Remontada - full transcript

The court is now in session.

You may sit.

Our only case for hearing today
is that of Mr Philippe Rickwaert.

Mr Rickwaert, can you provide us
with your identity

as well as your place
and date of birth?

Philippe Rickwaert.

March the 27th, 1964, in Dunkirk.

Cyril Balsan. For the last week

one of the high schools
in your constituency,

located in the Bernardin estate,
has been occupied by a group of mums

And teachers. What do they want?



White people.

Excuse me? Are you joking?
Absolutely not, I'm dead serious.

Their first slogan was, "We want
white people." There aren't any left.

This school is mostly composed of
African and North African children.

Those mothers' claim is simple.
School has to teach their children

how to live with different kids.
Teach them how to act, to react,

to believe in themselves
in their country in the Republic.

There are more than 7100
of these schools in France.

I say we should close them,
and dispatch the students.

-So you want to close 100 schools?
-Yes, of course.

We have to put back social diversity
at the heart of French schools.

Okay, you say 'social diversity',
but you talk about ethnic diversity.

Unfortunately, the concepts
are intertwined.

Can't a change in setting
be the solution?



Let's say, if schools welcome
students from other schools?

Would you enroll your kids
in one of these schools?

-It's not the point
-But it is. And I don't condemn you.

in these neighbourhoods,
parents avoid these schools as well.

As those mothers say, white people
won't come back. It's a fact.

Let's hear from the switchboard.
Just this once, the first call

is from a political leader.
Hello, Aurore Dupraz,

you are a MP in Seine-Saint-Denis,
and I'd like to say that

you left the Socialist Party to join
Vidal's party, Rise The People.

I am overwhelmed.
We knew about Cyril Balsan's

dubious words on elected officials
and their work with minorities,

and now, he says you have to leave
suburbia to succeed in suburbia.

-That's not what I said!
-Let her speak.

What a renouncement.
When you are on the left wing,

you don't help public services
by shutting down public services.

You can't only talk about
how bad things are,

and play shocked when you hear
suburbia is frightening.

Thank you, Aurore Dupraz.
Cyril Balsan, what do you say?

I'll try to stay calm, but it's
really annoying to hear this.

This conflation is dangerous.
Some suburbs are scary, it's a fact.

Violence in ghettos is, for most,
the reason why there is no diversity.

The fight against violence, the fight
for diversity, the two are linked.

Do you remember Yitzhak Rabin
during Oslo I Accord?

Yitzhak Rabin, now?

For him, terrorism should be fought
as if there was no peace process,

and the peace process should be
pursued as if there was no terrorism.

You compare the Palestinian conflict
with the situation in France?

No, I'm not. What I'm trying to say
Is the fight against violence

should be as hard
as the fight for diversity.

You have strong words, I'm sure
they will be seen as polemical.

We'll be back in a moment,
after the press review.

Mrs Laugier,

what exactly did your ex-husband say
when he gave you the money?

-Did he justify the source of it?
-Francis wanted

no risk taken in this campaign.
His treasurer was very strict.

When he talked money, he was all
about tightening his belt and braces.

-Laugier, belt and braces?
-Please, Mr Rickwaert.

I'm sorry, but he was more about
bazookas and nunchucks.

With all due respect, Mr Speaker,
Mrs Laugier is obliged to lie.

Otherwise she will be guilty
of complicity in fraud.

-Am I right?
-Mr Rickwaert, let me say this,

we are not here to read into
everyone's motives

or to assess anyone's
sincerity or cynicism.

Justice is not for
sounding souls out.

It is for establishing the facts.

-Go ahead, madam.
-Thank you, Mr Speaker.

-You did well.
-Really?

-We will make it!
-We will.

Thank you.

Yitzhak Rabin.

They didn't understand, or they think
I see suburbia as a violent colony.

That idiot Dupraz
really got me angry.

And now, they call me a fascist.
Rabin received a Nobel Peace Prize.

But people get mixed up.

Soon, I'll have to explain
the Israel-Palestine conflict

and the Balfour Declaration.

-I have to go.
-Yeah.

Only one type of employment contract
means suppressing temporary positions

in exchange for simplification
of dismissal procedures.

To be honest...

I helped them a little.
What do you mean?

A high rise in severance payment,

and 10% of wages paid if employed
on the unified employment contract,

against one fifth of monthly wage
per year of service.

So yesterday,
I suggested we could go up to 13%.

So we're close to the 15%
asked by the CFDT.

The bosses went crazy.

I'm behind you. We have to bring
the CFDT back to negotiations.

I'm okay with people screaming,
"Thorigny out!"

But I don't want to withdraw
my legislative submission at the end.

Have you seen the last survey
published in Closer?

Closer?
Yes, Closer

See for yourself.

What kind of husband
does the president need?

-It's me.
-Indeed.

We're the fanciest presidential pair
the fifth Republic has ever known.

I'm five points ahead of
Jean Dujardin,

six ahead of Griezmann, not bad.

I like him, the football player.
Apart from the tattoos.

What do you have against tattoos?

-I have one too.
-You do?

A bet when I was young.

No photographs, please.
We've been ambushed.

Jeremy, you have France's
foreign image in your hands.

I beseech you to forever
forget this incident.

What incident, Mr Prime Minister?

The unified employment contract

is the obvious symbol
of the change in pace

imposed by Thorigny's government,
to upgrade France to the standards

of Neo-liberal Europe.

Cut!

Do your YouTube stuff yourselves.
I restarted over seven times.

I'll end up killing the cameraman,
even though he's a nice guy.

-We're sorry. Let's go.
-Aurore?

My dear breakfast show listener,
want to grab a coffee?

-With pleasure.
-Can I have a five-minute break?

Nicely played.

To speak the media's language,
you have to disturb their staging.

It feels really good,
it's like I'm out of prison.

I can say what I think,
I don't lie any more.

I don't lie to myself any more
That's the dangerous part.

The leftist decline. You have fun.

You said I played it well.

The method was right.
But it's a political mistake.

To get Balsan was a mistake?

The scene has been relayed
by friends on every network.

They were supposed to relay the
arguments on the unified contract.

You have to do things
in order, Aurore.

It's with organisation and rigour
that you will be heard.

After the Socialist Party,
you mustn't take anything.

I'll spend my day tweeting
to reorient it.

Good. Aurore, go easy on socialists.

The Socialist Party is going to die.

What will we do

when Thorigny,
without trade union or CFDT consent,

forces his way through using the law?

Have you seen
the country's exasperation?

Do you know how it'll end?

No demonstration can end
without criminal damage,

the country will be soon left
without any bus shelters.

So they will have to find a way,
an answer.

A forthright, responsible force,
ready to rule. Us.

We have to see bigger, Aurore.

You are the first defector,
other socialists will follow.

So you can't insult them.

And Balsan even less.
He abstained in the National Council.

One day, Aurore, in these premises,

we will have our morning coffee
with Daniel Kalhenberg.

SOCIALIST PARTY = WHORE
GET OUT

Balsan! Balsan! Bastard!

-Come here! Get off!
-Up yours!

We also learned that Cyril Balsan's
committee room has been ransacked.

The young MP won fame
with his words on social diversity,

which he wants to defend
by closing schools.

Cyril Balsan went as far as comparing
these ghettos, as he said,

to occupied land in Palestine.

Socialists now understand giving us
secularity was a mistake.

-They can't take it back.
It won't happen.

Can you write something down?

Statement by Lionel Chalon,
head of the National Front.

It is with horror,

dismay, and sorrow...

Yes, sorrow.

...that I hear of the vandalisation

of Cyril Balsan's office
in his Val de Marne constituency.

Be assured of my solidarity facing
this attack against the Republic.

The picture is not premium quality,
but you can notice

a change of tint between
the frame and the stand.

This difference in tint is probably
due to a mediocre varnish.

We first saw an aggressive
defence from Rickwaert.

Well, during the first day
of the hearing

And for the past two days,
it has been the opposite.

What does that mean?
Is it a strategy or not?

What strategy? The only thing we saw
was a last stand on the first day,

and since then, Rickwaert is stunned,
trapped in his own confession,

taking the blows against him badly.

For Rickwaert today,
we can see politics is no more.

That's quite pathetic,
because, meanwhile,

as the former socialist baron
is fighting for his skin,

politics are tied between Dorendeu
and Vidal on job contracts,

with, on the one hand
centrist President and PM,

both of them boldly showing
their liberal side,

and on the other, an aggressive Vidal
rallying the street at all costs,

flirting with conspiracy theories
relayed by Russian agencies.

THE EU, FRANCE,
AND THE ORDOLIBERALISM STRATEGY

DORENDEU AND THORIGNY'S COUP
IN FAVOUR OF HIGH FINANCE

You're okay, Philippe?

We talked about the hearing
with Amélie, she's revolted.

At the end of the meal?
It must have been hard.

Russian information agency.
Sputnik, Russia Today.

Did you cast a glance?

-I did see a few things.
-You are not worried? Good for you.

They've understood it all.
It's all over the networks.

Especially on Vidal's side.

-What did the understand?
-The coup.

I was thinking, the other day,

and I thought, "What if I said
there's more than meets the eye"?

People like that kind of stuff.
Want to hear about it?

Laugier's deposing. Perfect crime.

A political murder, in the service
of the coup, masterfully executed.

Amélie used me to overthrow Laugier,
during his European offensive.

We witnessed an ordoliberal coup.

Hence, Thorigny and
his employment contract,

which has been ardently asked for by
the European Commission for ages.

Very funny

And Obama, allegedly born in Africa,
is that funny?

And the hidden daughter
of Hillary Clinton? Hilarious!

-It was so funny Trump was elected.
-Philippe, I don't see your point.

I take responsibilities.
Give interviews, write a book.

I tell everything.

Amélie used me, manipulated me.
She needed me to reach Laugier.

And she threw me away
when she reached Thorigny.

You sure you want to deal
with stupid conspiracy theories?

-You're better than this.
-Am I?

Am I better than jail,
smelling like piss all day long?

Move your arses,
because I'll be louder than

Stavisky, Panama and Kerviel.

Justice is independent.

My arse! Why am I in court?

Because justice is not independent.
It followed

Auzanet's orders, during
the elections, to overthrow Laugier.

It all started with a manipulation.
For example,

the Ministry of Justice's
campaign director, Bigeautat.

Go and see Bigeautat, and tell him
"We have a big problem."

You tell him about the coup. It's not
about me, it's about saving France

from Russian destabilisation.
He can understand that, right?

Then, he can talk
to the public prosecutor,

Who'll meet the president of the
12th Criminal Chamber, Vannoton.

Vannoton, that son of a bitch,
who spends his day mocking me.

I've read the hearing report,
I can't believe it.

Vannoton, what an arsehole.

No, we don't care about me.
You are important here.

Did the party headquarters call?
Kalhenberg will do a report?

It's just been done. Something basic,
blaming the violence...

-Nothing on your stance?
-No, too convoluted.

-I had to read it three times.
-Very well,

you are alone, threatened, attacked.

You had the balls to go up against
fucking fascists, that's good.

Real leaders have to physically
establish themselves.

I'm not sure it'll help get rid
of my Islamophobic reputation.

Look, here's what Chalon
gave me right after his report.

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NF

It's really nice.
And it makes you laugh.

You have to prove
you really are left-wing.

-I really am left-wing.
-Face Chalon.

Smash the fascist's face,
and no one will call you a fascist.

He's on next week's political show.
Call CNews,

and offer them a debate.

They will be delighted.
You're a buzz machine.

Young MP from the suburbs,
left-wing, handsome.

You against the National Front,
it'll be as good as The Voice.

The Voice...

Stéphane? Can I have
a word with you, please?

I have to call the Élysée back.
Things are moving on the sitting.

What do those dickheads want?

We convinced them that changing

contributions for
unemployment benefits

based on the number of redundancies
would speed up bankruptcy...

But they found another way
to speed up bankruptcy anyway.

No dividends can be provided in
the year of a collective redundancy.

-It's worse.
-It can unite big companies.

But the image given
to foreign investors is disastrous.

We yield.
On what?

I need more time, Marion.
I need him to trust me.

I need results.

-And then...
-I know, but it's...

No, we won't change strategies
at the first hitch.

It's the first phase. The honeymoon
of the president and the government.

-Coolness, efficiency.
-Unless we have the same strategy.

That's a good feeling.

We work hard, we have fun.

You know I'm very close to Bigeautat.

-Who's Bigeautat?
-My counterpart in the Chancellery.

His eldest son and mine
are in the same class.

The Élysée called him yesterday,
about Rickwaert's case.

What do you mean?

He said, word for word: "They are
pissing me off with Rickwaert."

How can she take such risks?
She could lose everything like that.

To act on justice is not like her.
If she does so,

it's because she wants
Rickwaert back in politics.

In my opinion, she is
massing forces along the border.

-You called Bigeautat?
-No promises were made.

He told me how to avoid
prison term without remission.

Ineligibility will be
a bit more complicated.

What did he tell you?

The strong part of your case,
it's your confession.

Your lawyers will have
to hammer it home.

-That's it?
-Exactly, that's it.

No one wants to hear about
Auzanet and the police search.

I think that's what is next.
We'll go to appeal, if we need to.

Philippe, if you talk about politics
again, you'll pay the price.

Say nothing,
and you can save your skin.

In this kind of case,
there are no guarantees.

When the guy at the chancellery
tells you something, you listen.

-I have to play the duck.
-Play the duck?

Beak in the water,
humility, submission.

The judiciary saves face.
You can go even further.

You can publicly say
you won't go to appeal.

in political cases, they hit
the hardest during initial trials,

but if you put yourself entirely
in the hands of the jury,

you'll flatter and empower them.

And I can say goodbye to my honour.

Philippe, you are not
the Dreyfus case.

Five minutes ago, you could still
have gone back to jail.

Five minutes ago, I could still hope
for a fair defence in court.

For Salomé,
it's as if I had strangled Joël

I wish she at least could read
my version in the papers.

Okay, let's do it this way.
I'll talk to my lawyers.

So, are we BFF?

Youngster slang.

Sorry, I don't have my daughter
to keep me updated.

Good evening, Madam President.

-Good evening, gentlemen.
-Madam President.

So, explain it to me.

First of all,

this morning at six, RAID searched
a lock-up in Viry Chatillon.

Inside was found equipment
to manufacture explosives,

as well as a toxic gas residue,
type T-44.

A lethally toxic gas which can reach
1,000m² in semi-enclosed spaces.

You can kill every single
customer in a mall with this sucker.

-And the dating of the residue?
-Maximum 36 hours.

Do you have any leads on the lock-up?

Subleased, paid in cash
by Sammy Zaidi.

He is being questioned,
but he won't say a word.

He is under S watch,
in jail since November.

The interesting point is,
the day of his imprisonment,

A Jihadist cell, under DGSI
surveillance, stopped emitting.

-They disappeared.
-What's your theory?

They knew Zaidi, were afraid
of being arrested, and buggered off?

That's right. With the T-44.
There are three of them.

Karim Nizah, Paul Botillon
and Mourad Adjaoui.

I see.

They were near Courcouronnes.

Indeed. Courcouronnes and Viry
Chatillon are nine kilometres apart.

All of the DGSI is mobilised.

All of the DGSI?

We are doing everything
we can to catch them.

So you linked Zaidi and
the Courcouronnes guys together

because Zaidi was arrested
when the Courcouronnes cell stopped?

You're right, Madam President.
because Zaidi was arrested
when the Courcouronnes cell stopped?

You're right, Madam President.

What makes you think
it's not a coincidence?

You talked about concentration
of forces. We need more than guesses.

DGSI's confidential notes
on the Courcouronnes cell

mention attack plans in the tunnels.

They match with
the finds in the lock-up.

This cell... I remember elements
supporting a trip in Syria.

That's correct, Madam President.

There is nothing about that
in the file.

The file must be outdated.

I checked, of course.

The DGSI never mentioned
a foreign trip, even as a plan.

What is it with this trip to Syria?
Do we have any tangible proof?

A Syrian source.
I have a contact there.

-And you didn't tell the DGSI?
-Not yet.

It's been six months.

Mr PM, the Courcouronnes guys
are certainly now in Syria.

I can't tell you anything more.

-If I might...
-We know,

thanks to residue dating,
that Zaidi's accomplices are active.

The probability of it being
the same three is almost zero,

We need to find
and follow other theories.

I'm all ears.

Sure, diversity is great.

But if you denounce,
you have to propose something else.

Thanks, Gael. I get it.

About the high school,
it's pretty simple.

As it will be closed down,
students will have to be dispatched.

I say we generalise the concept.

We can't close each and every school.
You worry me, Cyril.

We kiss the school map goodbye.

We create a new one, based on
one priority idea: diversity.

Social diversity?
Social, territorial...

Now, one home address
equals one school.

I want it to equal four.

We'll have larger areas, and so,
larger pools of different students.

-Like a quota?
-No.

It's more of a new distribution key.

No more than x% of disadvantaged
students in a given school.

From preschool to final years,
in every school,

in all of France.
I'll get Chalon on this.

Not only I tackle the integration
issue, but I also solve it.

-Everybody will clear off.
-Why?

They'll dodge, rush to private
schools, weakening the public ones.

People are okay with diversity,
but they'll leave it to others.

I agree,
it's no use for private schools.

That is why private schools
under contract are included.

With that, I can reach 25%.
Sensible figure right?

And every school under 25%
will lose their subsidies.

Do you remember the vast action
for free school in 1984?

-So what? It was 35 years ago.
-You want to revive school war?

It's more sensible to me
than Chalon's civil war project.

You are ready.

Excuse me. Amélie, please.

What is this mess about?
Stop treating us like fools.

There are people out there,
ready to shed blood.

Lambret knows what he's doing.
Trust him.

You can forget about
the Courcouronnes guys.

We can't have secrets between us.
Especially in times like this.

I agree with you.
I don't have any secrets.

Hey, darling!

-Where are you going?
-Relax, wait for us!

What's your problem?

-There's no problem.
-What are you doing with that?

What are you doing? Turn it off.

Hey, Cyril, how are you doing?

-Calm down.
-Balsan, why so stressed out?

I'm not against you.
You have the wrong enemy.

-You stay put.
-We're friends, Balsan,

we're making a nice movie together.

-Balsan.
-It's just a movie together. Chill.

IT WILL BE OVER TOMORROW.
I WON'T APPEAL.

Those guys were masked.
I didn't report it, and I won't.

I'm done with the minor news items.

Who were they? Some ghetto guys?

Activists.

Some fascists?

Extremists.

He has been described
as manipulative,

as a sort of puppeteer,
master of dirty tricks.

One would say his political career
could only end badly. And yet,

Philippe Rickwaert never
planned his moves.

He gave everything he had
to serve the cause he believed in.

He overtly opened himself
to the man who embodied the cause.

Francis Laugier.

Philippe Rickwaert

gave himself away by being honest,
and totally dedicated.

Don't make him an example today,
when he's quite the contrary,

based on his origins, his devotion,
and, dare I say,

his naivety.
An exception. A political anomaly.

So I ask you,
don't choose the wrong target.

You are not here today
to judge bribery or cynicism.

You are here to judge a man
who bravely broke the rule of silence

and accepted the consequences.

Mr Rickwaert, you have the floor,
if you wish to.

-He doesn't wish to...
-Thank you.

Naivety in politics?

I liked Laugier.

Because of that, I did stupid things.
And he is not here any more.

No matter what you decide today,

the divorce and everything else,
it's all in the past.

But what is here, and will always be,
is Joël.

I know, it's improper of me
to talk about him.

And I apologise to those
who loved him, and still do.

But I'd like to remind you of this,
Joël didn't want to testify.

The court, under political order,

asked policemen to arrest him
in his factory.

in front of his colleagues.

Causing him to escape,
and to die in a tragic way.

The whistleblower,
they made him the perfect snitch,

following political instructions,
between two presidential rounds.

I am telling you,
naivety is not a thing in politics.

It is not a thing in justice either.

A lot of people did bad things

to cause Joël to jump
from a tank 30 metres high.

I certainly did some
of those bad things.

And you, dear magistrates?

Justice yielded to political power.
It supported illegal documents.

Without these documents,
the search would never have happened,

and Joël would still be alive.

Code D-456. In this statement,

police officer Joncourt said
he received a phone call

from a man
who wanted to stay anonymous,

who told him about embezzlement
in social housing. We know today,

-this man was Joël Donfront.
-The court ruled this point out.

You don't have the floor, your client
is the one who may end this.

Is that your answer?
I don't have to answer,

I am only allowing you to conclude.

In that case, I'm done.

Sitting is suspended.
The court withdraw to debate.

-Sir, why don't you appeal?
-Will you stop politics?

-Please, answer.
-Later.

Please!

Are you okay?

I couldn't help but
open my big mouth.

Well, it happens.

I think I needed It.

Thank for coming,
it means a lot to me.

-I know.
-Of course you do.

It was brave to say
you wouldn't go to appeal.

Is that why you came?

I thought you finally understood.

It had to stop. For good.

I'll be fine. It's time.

Let's go.

After the debate,

and under the provisions
of Article 432.15 of the Penal Code,

the court found Philippe Rickwaert
guilty on all counts,

and hence sentenced him
to six months of imprisonment,

and to a period of 18 months
of ineligibility.

Sitting is dismissed.

Do I go straight back to prison?

Not without an arrest warrant.

We will ask for sentence reduction.
We'll do everything to avoid jail.

No matter what you said to the press.

-Appeal. You can't let them do that.
-No. I can't.

But you hit hard with the
illegal document. Everybody heard.

He's right. It will be everywhere
in the papers...

At worst, we go to the supreme court.

And I can assure you,
we will win this trial.

Here's a gift

Now you'll shut your mouth.

Balsan is nothing right now.
-There!

-On the floor!
-Get down!

Fucking Zionist!

MY DEAR PHILIPPE, YOU ARE IN MY MIND

DURING THIS HARD TIME.
THE HEARING WAS TERRIBLY...

MY DEAR PHILIPPE, YOU ARE IN MY MIND
DURING THIS HARD TIME.

-Mrs President. I have news.
-Tell me.

Zaidi used a cell mate's phone
several times.

We tracked the phone down,
and I think we have his accomplices.

We can debrief tomorrow morning.

No, I'm listening.

We will triangulate their phones.
We'll soon know where they are.

She sent me a text.

"Dear Philippe, you are in my mind
during this hard time, Amélie."

Do you realise... asking for another
decision, as I am being crucified?

-What is this woman?
-Have you seen the video?

What video?

It's not in the papers yet,
but it'll soon be everywhere.

It was the day before yesterday.

On the floor!
Get down!

Shit.

They made him believe
the phone was a gun

Not so smart any more, Balsan.
Here's a gift

Bastards.

Why didn't he tell me?

Fanny is very worried.
Cyril can't sleep,

he is acting weird...

He is always talking about Rabin,
he feels really bad.

You always said politicians have
to physically impose themselves.

Humanity need at least 1,000 years
to get rid of the need for virility.

What do we have here? A victim.

Pity moves people,
It doesn't convince them.

-You are tough.
-I'm not.

I'm just quoting Fanny and Cyril.

-Did he report it?
-As soon as the video was out.

And he cancelled the debate
with Chalon.

He offered another left-wing MP
to talk for him, Duvalliers,

but they didn't even know him.

They said CNews would be
blamed of favouring Chalon

with a minor opponent.
And they are right.

So, I'll give you three guesses,

they decided on Dupraz.

Dupraz? It's a double penalty.

He's the opposite of Cyril.
We need to call them.

-And say what?
-That I am going.

We can't let Cyril down.
I can't let Cyril down.

Philippe, you've been
sentenced to six months.

It's just for show. Great debate,
the convict versus the fascist.

Big audience, big polemic. Trust me.

I'll ask them if I can come,
and I'll tell Dupraz

to stay home, under her blanket,
and watch TV.

-They will destroy you.
-So what?

I'll eat their shit, swallow it,

and continue to fight.

He's been spat on.

So I'll go, and explain that
the guy they spat at

had the best idea since
social security system. Period.

Both right and left wings have come
lo the parting of the ways.

Republican and Socialists
are torn the same.

Their future is in their hands.

As for me. and despite
the numerous caricatures of me,

I never refused a debate with anyone.

And we can see that tonight.
Lionel Chalon, it is now the time

to start the debate. Facing you,
the man appointed two hours ago

by Cyril Balsan to replace him after
his withdrawal for health reasons.

Let's welcome Philippe Rickwaert,
former MP for Dunkirk.

and former Minister of Labour.

-Good evening, Sonia.
-Good evening.

-Mr Rickwaert-
-Good evening, Mr Chalon.

-Welcome, Philippe Rickwaert.
-I hope Mr Balsan is well.

He's a hard nut to crack.
Good to hear. Tell him

-I wish him all the best.
-I will.

So, Mr Rickwaert,
what do you want to ask Mr Chalon?

Mr Chalon, do you have something
against Black people and Arabs?

You are amazing.

That's nice, but please answer.
This whole situation is funny.

You question me
as a prosecutor would,

when you've been convicted
to six months of imprisonment,

and 18 months of ineligibility

for stealing from the till of
a council housing organisation,

-smooth-talking a kid...
-That's true.

That is true, and I accepted my fate.

As I said earlier, I won't appeal.

This gives me a significant advantage
on you during this debate.

I am now a free man,
in spite of my condemnation.

I'm lost.

I am ineligible, Mr Chalon.

I don't ask the French people
to like me, or to vote for me.

For now, I can only give,
and I am happy with that

So, what do you have to give,
Philippe Rickwaert?

A political point of view.
Cyril Balsan's.

And that is why I ask you again,
Mr Chalon,

do you have something against
Black people and Arabs?

-It is a provocative question.
And I'll answer it nonetheless.

I am a patriot, Mr Rickwaert,

and I don't sort French people out.

Thank for calling me back.

No, the video is still up.
On Facebook, on Twitter...

On the first Google page
when you look me up.

I love, and I will fight for,
the French assimilation system.

So how can we
revive assimilation, then?

-Via school.
-Wait, what school?

The sanctuary school

I don't care, only the video matters.

...we can wipe origins out,
meet with knowledge.

Good. I'm counting on you.

in school, our children
can shine by their excellence,

their merit,
by the look in the teacher's eyes.

The look that demands,
that covers in glory.

Congratulations, I love it.

Does that work too in schools
full of Black people and Arabs?

You are the one who have
something against them.

Against them, no.
But I do remember them.

-Can I talk about myself?
-Please do.

-Explain your point.
-I grew up in a ghetto.

A social ghetto, not an ethnic one.

The Rickwaert family was poor
So were our neighbours.

And the school, 300 yards away
was on the border of another world.

A world of houses with gardens
and garages.

Skis stored there,
waiting for the winter holidays.

The mixing happened in that school.

I remember birthday parties
in richer families,

back then, I liked to read,
to think of furniture full of books,

A lifetime of reading and emotions.
It was fascinating.

Even today when I look
at my book shelves, I still remember

my best friend's mothers face
when she saw me, facing the books.

She said "help yourself,
you can have what you want."

So, yes, good teachers exist,
and we do need them,

but the emancipating school,
the transcending school,

starts by mixing people together,

by meeting and discovering others.

-Good evening, Madam President.
-Good evening.

Good evening.
Good evening.

We are securing the neighbourhood.

The house Is situated
near a transformer, it takes time.

-Is the house surrounded?
-It is, Mr Prime Minister.

We can launch the troops in
20 minutes, if they stay put.

Very good.

Since neither of us have an thing
against Black people and Arabs,

why don't you accept
Cyril Balsan's project?

-What project?
-A maximum of 25%

of disadvantaged students
in every class,

private schools included.

You want to revive the school war?

A terrified France
can't be a Republican France.

Do you remember, in 1984?
Two million people were on the street

fighting for free school,
fighting for the right to choose.

If you take that right down,
you weaken it.

French families won't accept

your crazy Russian school projects,
unless your friend,

you know who I'm talking about?
Unless your President friend

agrees with your whim?

RIGHT-WING AND LEFT-WING FASCISTS
DISGUSTING

It's not a whim, it's a draft law.
and it's ready to go.

It was written by Cyril Balsan.

We only need two million signatures,

so French people can choose
if they want this school reform,

via referendum.
Via referendum?

-No less!
-You're right, I know the President,

and I love and respect her bravery.

Her political philosophy
is irreproachable,

we all agree on that. I do remember

her 64th proposal,
"Ease the shared initiative

"referendum to 100 MPs
and two million signatures."

I don't doubt the President's
integrity and coherence.

She'll do as she said. And then,
well, two million signatures,

football supporters did it,
when they wanted a second leg.

It would be possible for a football
match, but not for our schools?

-Move!
-On the ground! The hands!

Tie him up! And go on, guys.

Clear?

Go on, go on.

We got them.

-Rickwaert went crazy against Chalon.
-What?

He said you agreed with him
on the referendum.

Rickwaert ASKS FOR A REFERENDUM
ON SCHOOLS

AND CLAIMS DORENDEU WILL HELP HIM.

And it was live.