A furore ensued in the French Parliament recently after a far-right MP screamed ‘Go back to Africa’ when a Black legislator from the far left asked a question about immigration.
The session was suspended afterwards as the racist comment was followed by a huge furore.
The centrist government labelled it ‘unacceptable.’
While talking to reporters Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said: “There is no room for racism in our democracy. The Bureau of the National Assembly will convene (on Friday) and should decide on necessary sanction.”
In a ‘damage control’ effort, the far right argued that the comment made by MP Gregoire de Fournas was aimed at the migrants that got stranded on an NGO boat and not the MP that asked the question. Maine Le Pen tweeted: “He obviously spoke about the migrants transported in boats by the NGOs. The controversy created by our political opponents … will not deceive the French.”
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