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VIDEO. Dupond-Moretti heckled by deputies for his premiere in the Assembly

7/9/2020, 8:08:30 PM


The new Keeper of the Seals was repeatedly interrupted during his first speech to parliamentarians on Wednesday.

Éric Dupond-Moretti addressed the deputies for the first time on Wednesday in an electric atmosphere. Asked about his words when he said he never wanted to become Keeper of the Seals, the new Minister of Justice was interrupted by the cries of several members during his speech. "It's already complicated for me, it's a first ...", he pleaded with the deputies.

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Again heckled, he turned to Assembly President Richard Ferrand: "Do we count the interruptions? He asked. Answer: “We don't count. We suffer in silence ”.