Grégoire de Fournas shouted “that he (they) return (nt) to Africa” during a question from the deputy Nupes Carlos Martens Bilongo, Thursday.
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The National Assembly suspended the sitting of questions to the government on Thursday 3 November. An RN deputy launched a racist insult during a question asked by LFI-Nupes deputy Carlos Martens Bilongo in the hemicycle, concerning migrants. “Let them return to Africa”launched Grégoire de Fournas in the hemicycle, while the elected Nupes questioned the government.
Suspension of sitting: While the Member @BilongoCarlos asks a question about immigration in the Mediterranean, a sentence disrupts the session. “Who said that sentence?” request @YaelBRAUNPIVET which suspends the session.#DirectAN #QAG pic.twitter.com/SgKcgFeiYg
—LCP (@LCP) November 3, 2022
“I am a deputy of the nation and being insulted is totally shameful”reacted Carlos Martens Bilongo, LFI black MP for Val d’Oise. “I was born in France, I am a French deputy and I did not think today that in the National Assembly I would be insulted (…) We see the true face of the National Rally”, he added.
At the exit of the hemicycle, the president of the LFI group Mathilde Panot affirmed that they were going “to ask for the strongest sanction against this deputy: exclusion for several months”. The President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet announced that the Bureau of the National Assembly would meet this Friday at 2:30 p.m. “to decide on a possible sanction against” of the RN parliamentarian. “Racism has no place in our democracy”also reacted Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne.
For his part, the RN deputy also reacted on Thursday: “I have no excuses to make”he said at the microphone of BFMTV, adding that, according to him, it is “a legitimate phrase”. The RN group denies that its deputy targeted the elected L.