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Thursday, November 3, the usual session of questions to the government was suspended in the National Assembly after racist remarks by a deputy of the National Rally. The left and the majority demand sanctions.
During the session of questions to the government Thursday, November 3 at the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet gives the floor to Carlos Martens Bilongo, deputy of La France Insoumise. He speaks on the situation of migrants in the Mediterranean and 25 seconds later, a cry arises from the benches of the National Rally. A racist arrest is launched by an RN deputy, Grégoire de Fournas. The left and the majority say he said “Go back to Africa!”. The assembly ignites. The president of the hemicycle suspends the session. “Today, I was sent back to my skin color. I was born in France, I am a French deputy and I did not think that at the National Assembly, I was going to be insulted”, indignant Carlos Martens Bilongo.
“When I said ‘they go back to Africa’, I wasn’t talking about the MP who was asking the question, I was talking about the migrant smuggler boat”, defends the deputy RN. Yaël Braun-Pivet claims to have heard “Go back to Africa” and explains that “staff is responsible for reporting”. Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne assures that “racism has no place in our democracy”. The office of the assembly will meet on Friday, November 4 to decide on sanctions against the deputy. La France Insoumise asks for his exclusion for several months, the majority his resignation.