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Il fait publier le communiqué à cause de la polémique.

Il fait publier le communiqué à cause de la polémique.
He is having the press release published because of the controversy.
From Lesson 239:Prepositions of cause (grâce à, à cause de)·French

Questions & Answers about Il fait publier le communiqué à cause de la polémique.

Why do we use à cause de here instead of parce que?
Parce que (because) must be followed by a full clause with a subject and a verb, like "because there is a controversy". Since la polémique is just a noun, we have to use à cause de (because of).
Could we use grâce à la polémique instead?
Only if you meant it sarcastically or viewed the controversy as a wonderfully good thing! Grâce à translates to "thanks to" and is used for positive causes. À cause de is used for negative or neutral causes, which fits a controversy much better.
How does il fait publier translate to "he is having [it] published"?
This uses the causative faire construction, which is formed by conjugating faire and putting an infinitive verb right after it. It shows that the subject isn't doing the action themselves, but is causing it to be done by someone else. He isn't printing the text himself; he is having it published.
Does le communiqué just mean "the communication"?
It is more specific than that. While it is related to the verb communiquer (to communicate), in news and politics un communiqué almost always refers to a "press release" or an "official statement."
Is la polémique exactly the same as the English word "polemic"?
They mean the same thing, but une polémique is used much more often in everyday French than "polemic" is in English. It is the standard French term for a "controversy" or a "heated public debate."

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