An emotional resumption of the Paris Council meeting.
This Wednesday afternoon, while Parisian elected officials returned to the hemicycle for a session of current affairs questions, the mayor (PS) Anne Hidalgo wanted to provide her support to the president of the Les Écologists group, Fatoumata Koné.
“I saw this absolutely infamous tweet
(even if the mayor left this social network, Editor's note)
from Mr. Serge Federbusch, former candidate for the National Rally in our capital in the last municipal elections.
He allowed himself a message which is the most abject, nauseating, and which carries this vision of an extreme right wanting to send everyone back to their origins,” began the mayor, offering to accompany Fatoumata Koné in possible legal proceedings.
In a message published this Wednesday morning on desired effect the “remigration” of homeless young people evacuated on Tuesday.
Adding that Fatoumata Koné, who was outraged by the fate of these people, should also “remigrate”.
“Just because we are black, we are not French”
Fatoumata Koné announced in the afternoon that she was going to file a complaint against Serge Federbusch for racial insults.
“We often forget violence, especially against women.
I am not affected by this tweet because I was born in France, but many people experience this exacerbated racism.
If I am not affected by this type of insults, I notice that I have suffered racism since I entered politics in 2014. This is what happens when we want to take responsibility,” she said, moved to tears, in a hemicycle unanimously standing to applaud her in support.
🟥@catherine_dumas and all the elected officials of @GpeChangerParis strongly condemn the unspeakable comments made against @Kone_Fatou.
We give him our full support.
#ParisCouncil pic.twitter.com/mpKN0thsjZ
— Changer Paris (@GpeChangerParis) February 7, 2024
Police prefect Laurent Nuñez, present in the room, “denounced a hateful and odious attack which has no place in politics.
I think these comments are against the law.
» In a speech made later in the debates, Frédéric Péchenard, of the Changer Paris group, “firmly condemned the comments against Ms. Koné” and wanted to give her the “full support” of the Parisian right.
There were also many reactions on the social network, from all Parisian elected officials.
“This demonstrates what we experience in France as a politician: a lot of violence, racism.
It's problematic when people think, just because we're black, that we're not French.
It’s a racist insult, we will end up in court,” confided to Parisian Fatoumata Koné, who said she was touched by the numerous messages of support received.