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The debate on freedom of speech within the Palais-Bourbon has been revived after an epidemic of disciplinary sanctions targeting several deputies.
By Kévin Badeau (with Charles Sapin)
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Pwas it possible to say everything to the National Assembly? The authorities of the Palais-Bourdon have multiplied disciplinary sanctions in recent weeks. Some follow explosive statements. Grégoire de Fournas, deputy of the National Rally (RN), was censured and expelled for 15 days from the Palais-Bourbon for the “tumult” caused after claiming “that he (they) return (ent) to Africa” while the deputy of La France insoumise (LFI) Carlos Martens Bilongo questioned the government on the danger incurred by a ship transporting migrants in the Mediterranean.
Other sanctions intervened, a few days earlier, after the use of qualifiers deemed inappropriate. On October 11, MP Alexandre Loubet (RN) received a call to order for having called the mini…
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