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Vote on GPA in the European Parliament: false information spread by the right and the far right
Vote on GPA in the European Parliament: false information spread by the right and the far right
(France 2)
Contrary to what right-wing and far-right political figures claim, the European Parliament did not vote to consider surrogacy as human trafficking. It only criminalized forced surrogacy.
Has the European Parliament really recognized surrogacy (GPA) as human trafficking? Several media outlets owned by Vincent Bolloré relay this information. On social networks, the head of the Republican list in the European elections, François-Xavier Bellamy, welcomes it. Gilles Lebreton, RN MEP, affirms that he “voted for its ban across the EU”. Inaccurate statements.
Only forced GPAs are criminalized
The directive actually targets “people who force women to be surrogate mothers or trick them into doing so”. Only forced GPAs are therefore criminalized, and not the very principle of GPA. A major nuance, which the majority deputy Clément Beaune underlined on franceinfo. “It’s a complete lie”, he denounces. In the midst of the campaign for the European elections, the right and the far right are coming to terms with reality, according to journalist Thomas Huchon: “These candidates have chosen a political strategy in which the truth of the facts counts less than the interest we may have in disseminating information.”
