Emmanuel Macron spoke about the recent events which have aroused the indignation of part of the political class since Thursday, November 3. The President of the Republic says he is hurt by intolerable words heard in the National Assembly.
The case may well not stop there! This Thursday, November 3 at the National Assembly, during a session of questions to the government, a deputy from La France Insoumise took the floor to discuss the “drama of Congolese immigration”. Black-skinned and originally from the Congo, Carlos Martens Bilongo was stopped short during his speech by remarks heard in the hemicycle deemed shocking and which continue to provoke very many reactions. In effect, the deputy of the National Rally Grégoire de Fournas launched at that time “let them go back to Africa” Where “let him return to Africa”without being able to really distinguish it.
After a few minutes of confusion, the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet suspended the session “given the gravity of the facts” and of “legitimate emotion” deputies. Since then, several prominent political figures took the floor to express their indignationlike Jean-Luc Mélenchon who asks for the pure and simple exclusion of the RN deputy, and several ministers including Éric Dupond Moretti. “The ties of demonization don’t change anything. They are what they are. They always go back to where they came from: the racist and xenophobic extreme right” he tweeted, joined by Gérald Darmanin, Olivier Véran and even Pap Ndiaye: “Nothing can excuse the racist remarks that have today been made by the National Rally, which is showing its true face” posted the latter on his account.
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Emmanuel Macron evokes an insult
The President of the Republic preferred to react in private for the moment. According to his entourage, the one who would be the victim of a stroke of softness was “uneven” by words that he judges “intolerable”. Emmanuel Macron thinks that the deputy of La France Insoumise was insulted by Gregory of Fournas: “The President is shocked by these words which in the hemicycle as outside the hemicycle are intolerable. Support for the insulted parliamentarian” we commented.
Whereas the presidential majority has launched a petition for the resignation of Grégoire de Fournas, the RN explains and intends to regain control. Starting with Marine Le Pen. “The controversy created by our political adversaries is crude and will not deceive the French” she tweeted, while Jordan Bardella suggested the MP was actually talking about “the return of migrant boats to African ports”. As for Grégoire de Fournas, he said to himself “sorry for the misunderstanding” aroused by his remarks and denounces “the political manipulation that may have been made of it”.