"It doesn't make me proud": why was Arthur recently received at the Elysée?

On his Instagram account on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, the host Arthur shared photos from the Élysée, where he even delivered a speech at the desk, which he also broadcast on the social network. Indeed, the television producer was rewarded for his activism in France.

As part of an award ceremony held this Wednesday, April 2nd at the Élysée, Emmanuel Macron targeted the existing anti-Semitism both on the far right and on the far left of the political chessboard. For the president, "Anti-Zionism acts as a d'alibi" on the left.

On Wednesday, April 2, Sophia Aram and Arthur received a prize from the President of the Republic honouring their "commitment against racism". A distinction come from the highest level of the state to honor their work in the fight against racism.

The host and producer Arthur, accompanied by Sophia Aram, was honoured by Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée for his fight against anti-Semitism. A distinction for an exceptional commitment On April 2, 2025, at the Palais de l'Elysée, Arthur, by his real name Jacques Essebag, received the prestigious Prix Jean Pierre-Bloch de la LICRA (International League against Racism and [...] Source

On Wednesday evening, the atmosphere was solemn in the salons of the Élysée. The President of the Republic presented the Jean-Pierre-Bloch Prize to two personalities: the humorist Sophia Aram, and the moderator Arthur. This prize, awarded each year by the LICRA, rewards a public commitment in favour of human rights. In 2025, for the first time, two winners were chosen. After a word of thanks to the LICRA and Sophia Aram, whom he described as cou…

Emmanuel Macron offered, at the Élysée, a "price against racism and anti-Semitism" to the animator Arthur and the "humorist" Sophia Aram. The article "A colonialist and an Islamophobic receive a reward against racism appeared first on Against Attack.