Having been singled out for racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic statements, some RN deputies were asked not to sit with the group.
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There will be 125 National Rally deputies sitting in the National Assembly, franceinfo learned on Wednesday July 10 from several sources within the RN group.
After failing to obtain an absolute majority in the Assembly following Sunday’s vote, the National Rally has decided to oust its “black sheep”. So theMP Daniel Grenon, elected in the 1st constituency of Yonne, was invited by Marine Le Pen’s party not to sit in the RN group after his controversial remarks on dual nationals. He had declared on July 1st that “The Maghrebis in power in France had no place in high places”.
The situations of other deputies who posed problems during the campaign will be examined during a conflicts commission that will take place in September. This will be the case in particular for Roger Chudeau who returned with the other RN deputies on Wednesday morning and is therefore in the group photo. He was re-elected in the 2nd constituency of Loir-et-Cher. The latter had distinguished himself by pointing out the dual nationality of Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a former socialist minister.
In a speech on Wednesday facing to his party’s deputies In the National Assembly, Jordan Bardella asked them to be ““perfectly flawless” during their term, promising that the party would carry out a “examination of conscience” after his electoral disappointment in the legislative elections.
