Editing Juliette Binoche (section)

===Political views and activism===
[[File:French actress Juliette Binoche in one of the VLT enclosures.jpg|thumb|Binoche in one of the [[Very Large Telescope]] enclosures<ref>{{cite news|title=French Actress Juliette Binoche and Irish Actor Gabriel Byrne Visit ESO's Chilean Sites|url=http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann14015/|access-date=11 March 2014|newspaper=ESO}}</ref>]]

On 7 February 2006, Binoche attended a high-profile demonstration organized by [[Reporters Without Borders]] in support of [[Jill Carroll]] and two Iraqi journalists who had been abducted in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/iraq-paris-demonstration-in-support-of-07-02-2006,16376.html |title=Paris demonstration in support of Jill Carroll and two Iraqi journalists held hostage – Reporters Without Borders |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172900/http://en.rsf.org/iraq-paris-demonstration-in-support-of-07-02-2006,16376.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She supported [[José Bové]] in the [[2007 French presidential elections|2007 French presidential election]], which was won by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fr.novopress.info/?p=7818 |title=Bobo-démago : Binoche aime Bové |date=6 April 2007 |work=[[Novopress]] |agency=[[Rivarol (magazine)|Rivarol]] }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She disclosed on a number of occasions that she did not approve of the Sarkozy administration, stating that he was creating a monarchic republic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoycinema.com/actualidad/noticias/Julitte-Binoche-Sarkozy-nuevo-Napoleon.htm |title=Julitte Binoche: "Sarkozy es un nuevo Napoléon" |first=Angélica |last=Martínez |date=18 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629090755/http://www.hoycinema.com/actualidad/noticias/Julitte-Binoche-Sarkozy-nuevo-Napoleon.htm |archive-date=29 June 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3555919/Juliette-Binoche-Im-finally-allowing-myself-to-be-me.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3555919/Juliette-Binoche-Im-finally-allowing-myself-to-be-me.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Juliette Binoche: 'I'm finally allowing myself to be me' |first=Marianne |last=Macdonald |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=6 July 2008}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2009, she commented on the [[September 11 attacks]] during the shooting of ''Quelques jours en septembre'', a spy film in which interest groups, including the American secret services, were aware of an imminent attack on the United States. She talked with a secret agent, who was a consultant for the film, and was reported in an English newspaper saying: "He couldn't tell me everything, but he told me a lot. I was surprised by some things."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/monde/20090707.OBS3440/11-09-ceux-qui-y-croient-ou-un-peu.html |title=11/09 : ceux qui y croient...ou un peu |publisher=Nouvelobs.com |date= 21 July 2009|accessdate=2 August 2022}}</ref>

Binoche and numerous other French personalities, including [[Isabelle Adjani]], [[Yvan Attal]], [[Jane Birkin]], and [[Josiane Balasko]], joined Réseau Éducation Sans Frontières (RESF) on 7 January 2010 with a symbolic "cake of solidarity" to highlight the taxation and legitimacy issues being faced by [[undocumented worker]]s in France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/juliette-binoche-antoine-de-caunes-guy-bedos-josiane-balasko-une-bande-de-rois-formidables_a47488/1 |title=Juliette Binoche, Antoine de Caunes, Guy Bedos, Josiane Balasko... Une bande de Rois formidables! |work=purepeople.com |date=7 January 2010 |access-date=19 April 2014|language=fr}}</ref>

Binoche was a signatory to a June 2010 petition organized by Reporters Without Borders and [[Shirin Ebadi]] to protest against the detention of numerous people, including members of the press, who were protesting the occasion of the first anniversary of the disputed re-election of Iran's president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/iran-an-appeal-for-the-release-of-16-06-2010,37745.html |title=an appeal for the release of prisoners of opinion – Reporters Without Borders |work=En.rsf.org |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111014215945/http://en.rsf.org/iran-an-appeal-for-the-release-of-16-06-2010,37745.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, Binoche spoke out against the detention of Iranian director [[Jafar Panahi]], incarcerated in Tehran's [[Evin Prison]] since 1 March 2010 without charge or conviction. At the press conference following the press screening of ''Copie Conforme'', Binoche was informed that Panahi had begun a hunger strike.<ref name="observers.france24.com">[http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20100525-juliette-binoche-appeal-very-influential-panahi-release-iran-kiarostami Binoche's appeal "very influential" in Iranian director's release | The Observers]. Observers.france24.com (25 May 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> The following day, Binoche attended a press conference called especially to demand the release of Panahi. Also in attendance were [[Abbas Kiarostami]], [[Mohsen Makhmalbaf]], and [[Gilles Jacob]]. Binoche read a letter that said that Panahi's detention was "unwarranted and intolerable". When Binoche was awarded the Best Actress award at the festival, brandishing his name on a placard, she used her speech as an opportunity to raise Panahi's plight once again.<ref>[http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/23/palme_dor_cannes/index.html Cannes' shocker: "Uncle Boonmee" wins – Film Salon] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528020850/http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2010/05/23/palme_dor_cannes/index.html |date=28 May 2010 }}. Salon.com (23 May 2010). Retrieved 7 January 2011.</ref> On 25 May, it was announced that Panahi had been released on bail. It was generally agreed that the publicity Binoche and Kiarostami elicited for his case was a strong factor in his release.<ref name="observers.france24.com"/> On 20 December 2010, Panahi, after being prosecuted for "assembly and colluding with the intention to commit crimes against the country's national security and propaganda against the Islamic Republic", was handed a six-year jail sentence and a 20-year ban on making or directing any movies, writing screenplays, giving any form of interview with Iranian or foreign media, as well as leaving the country. Binoche continued to lobby on his behalf.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/57956.html |title=Festival de Cannes – From 11 to 22 May 2011 |work=Festival-cannes.fr |date=6 January 2011 |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511073827/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/57956.html |archive-date=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In May 2018, she co-authored a tribune in the newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'', in which she opposed the lawsuit brought by the French judiciary to three people who had helped migrants, and said she had already helped migrants in need and intended to continue to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2018/05/30/nous-avons-aide-nous-aidons-et-aiderons-toute-personne-migrante-dans-le-besoin_5306846_3232.html|title=Nous avons aidé, nous aidons et aiderons toute personne migrante dans le besoin|work=[[Le Monde]]|date=30 May 2018|access-date=2 June 2018|language=fr}}</ref>

In 2018 she signed a letter calling to act "firmly and immediately" for stopping [[climate change]] and [[biodiversity loss]].<ref>{{cite news |title=200 stars urge 'serious' action on climate change in letter to Le Monde |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20180903-climate-change-environment-letter-artists-scientists-le-monde-binoche-france |access-date=20 December 2023 |agency=France24 |publisher=Le Mond |date=3 September 2018}}</ref>

In February 2019, during a press conference at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]], Binoche said that [[Harvey Weinstein]] was a great producer and "we shouldn't forget, even though it has been difficult for some directors and actors, and especially actresses".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/berlin-jury-president-juliette-binoche-calls-harvey-weinstein-a-great-producer-1183705|title=Berlin Jury President Juliette Binoche Calls Harvey Weinstein a "Great Producer"|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Etan|last=Vlessing|date=7 February 2019|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref> Binoche also said: "I almost want to say peace to his mind and heart, that's all, I'm trying to put my feet in his shoes. He's had enough, I think. A lot of people have expressed themselves. Now justice has to do its work."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/07/juliette-binoche-harvey-weinstein-has-had-enough|title=Juliette Binoche: 'Harvey Weinstein has had enough'|website=[[The Guardian]]|first=Catherine|last=Shoard|date=7 February 2019|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>