On Friday, France’s National Assembly approved the expulsion of a far-right MP for 15 days after he made statements that were deemed racist and sparked outrage, and MP Grégoire de Fornas on Thursday uttered the phrase “Return to Africa” during a speech by a representative of African descent Carlos Martins Bilongo, who advocated the “tragedy of illegal immigration” in the Assembly, is the most severe disciplinary action possible, and MP Grégoire de Furnas was deprived of half his parliamentary allowance for two months.
This representative of the National Assembly, led by Marine Le Pen, admitted that he uttered the phrase “Go back to Africa” on Thursday during the speech of the representative of African descent Carlos Martins Bilongo, who spoke about the “tragedy of illegal immigration” before the deputies of the National Assembly.
Then de Fornas categorically denied any racist character in his words, emphasizing that we are talking about the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship stuck at sea with 234 migrants on board, and not about the representative of the radical left forces Carlos Martins Bilongo (Proud France).
He also denounced what he called “party manipulation” aimed at attributing “disgusting remarks” to him. sent to the government in a rare decision taken by Assembly Chairman Yael Brown Buffett.
