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National Assembly: the left castigates the reference to French Algeria by the dean RN

2022-06-28T17:20:09.998Z


In a brief speech, the elected official, pied-noir born in Oran, spoke of his native land from which he was "ripped". "I left a part of my France there", at the independence of Algeria in 1962, he said.


“ Annoying

” moment , “

shocked

”, “

disgust

” deputy

: several elected representatives of the left-wing coalition Nupes castigated on Tuesday June 28 the reference to French Algeria in the inaugural speech of the dean RN of the National Assembly José Gonzalez, in opening of the new legislature.

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In a brief speech, the elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône, pied-noir born in Oran, spoke of his native land from which he was "

ripped

".

"

I left a part of my France there

", at the independence of Algeria in 1962, he said, interrupting himself for a moment under the influence of his emotion.

"

Hit

"

The ecologist Julien Bayou said he was "

shocked

", even if the dean was "

cautious and mentioned his personal case

".

It's really problematic.

We did not applaud

.

On Twitter, Green MP Sabrina Sebaihi blasted a "

day of shame

".

With such trivialization, how far will we go?

".

Horror and disgust

”, launched his colleague LFI Thomas Portes.

It was quite embarrassing

”, also judged the socialist Olivier Faure in front of the press.

MP Sandrine Rousseau also reacted.

José Gonzalez spoke of the Algerian war with nostalgia.

This speech had no place in the hemicycle”,

denounces MP Nupes at the microphone of LCP.

“We salute the resistance fighters and the Algerian separatists who have made sure that colonization stops”

, she underlines.

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We, the repatriates from Algeria (…) we left a part of France that we loved there.

It was important to say that we loved France from there and that we love France from here.

We are true patriots

”, justified José Gonzalez, 79, at the microphone of LCP.

For his part, the deputy Rassemblement national de Moselle, Laurent Jacobelli, welcomed the speech.

"

(José Gonzalez) recalled his past, it's not nostalgia, it's a tip of the hat (to the black feet, in particular).

The speech was very clear, those who read it wrong had the will to read

it wrong, ”he said at the microphone of LCP.

The rules provide that the oldest member chairs the first session.

This is not a first for the far right.

In 1986, an ally of the National Front, Édouard Frédéric-Dupont, had opened the 8th legislature in place of Marcel Dassault, older but ill.

Source: lefigaro

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