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<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#21191a;font-size:14px"><strong>French Parliament suspended temporarily Thursday, after black MP is told to &#8216;Go back to Africa&#8217; by far-Right opponent </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#21191a;font-size:14px"><strong>Carlos Martens Bilongo, a Left-wing deputy was asking question about climate change at the time </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#21191a;font-size:14px"><strong>&#8216;Go back to Africa!&#8217; was heard from the benches of the National Rally party – the far-Right party led by opposition leader Marine Le Pen </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#21191a;font-size:14px"><strong>The author of the outburst was identified as National Front deputy Gregoire de Fournas</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color wp-block-heading" style="color:#21191a;font-size:14px"><strong>Bilongo accused the RN of targeting him because of the color of his skin</strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Carlos-Martens-Bilongo-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-421359" width="832" height="518"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Carlos Martens Bilongo, a 31-year-old from a Congolese background, was asking a question about climate change when he was verbally attacked on Thursday afternoon in the Paris National Assembly</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The French parliament was suspended today after a black MP was told to &#8216;Go back to Africa!&#8217; by a far-Right opponent. <br>Carlos Martens Bilongo, a 31-year-old from a Congolese background, was asking a question about climate change when he was verbally attacked on Thursday afternoon in the Paris National Assembly.<br>&#8216;Go back to Africa!&#8217; was heard from the benches of the National Rally – the far-Right party led by Marine Le Pen. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/French-national-Assembly-3.png" alt="" class="wp-image-421369"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Bedlam after a right wing member yelled &#8216;Go to Africa!&#8217; far-right heckling a left-wing MP in French parliament</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The duty vice-president, the equivalent of the Speaker, immediately asked: &#8216;Who is the MP who said that phrase? It&#8217;s not possible.&#8217;<br>There were chances of &#8216;Out, out, out!&#8217; by Bilongo&#8217;s colleagues, of the left-wing France Insoumis (France Unbowed) party.</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&#8216;Go to Africa!&#8217; far-right heckles left-wing MP in French parliament</strong></p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Carlos-Martens-Bilongo-2.png" alt="" class="wp-image-421363" width="837" height="509"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>As Bilongo asked his question &#8216;Go back to Africa!&#8217; was heard from the benches of the National Rally – the far-Right party led by Marine Le Pen</strong>. </figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-12.png" alt="" class="wp-image-421367" width="841" height="492"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>French Parliament suspended after black MP is told to &#8216;Go back to Africa&#8217; by far-Right opponent </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Then the culprit was identified as Grégoire de Fournas, the 31-year-old National Rally MP for the Gironde department in south west France.<br>De Fournas immediately tried to explain himself by saying he had been referring to &#8216;an African boat&#8217; which had difficulty &#8216;getting back into port&#8217;.<br>It follows Le Pen, who was runner up in presidential election this year, pledging to change the image of her notoriously racist party, which used to be called the National Front. <br>It was founded by Le Pen&#8217;s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who is now a convicted racist and Holocaust denier.<br>France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin suggested that Le Pen’s racist party had not changed at all.<br>Darmanin tweeted: &#8216;Racism of a member of the National Assembly: from the FN to the RN, the name changes, but the hideous references and despicable habits remain. What a disgrace.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Marine-Le-Pen-1.png" alt="" class="wp-image-421357" width="838" height="552"/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><strong>Presidential election runner-up and leader of the National Rally party Marine Le Pen, [photo], had pledged to change the image of her notoriously racist party, which used to be called the National Front</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It follows Le Pen, who was runner up in presidential election this year, pledging the change the image of her notoriously racist party, which used to be called the National Front. <br>Bilongo accused the RN of targeting him because of the color of his skin.<br>He said: &#8216;Today, I was reduced to my skin color. I was born in France, I am a French MP. We see the true face of the National Rally. It&#8217;s shameful. I thank all the MPs who have united with me&#8217;<br>Parliamentary authorities meanwhile said there would be a full investigation into De Fournas’ words.<br>The RN celebrated its 50th birthday earlier this month, with Marine Le Pen saying it was &#8216;ready to govern&#8217;.<br>Her party won 89 seats in the National Assembly – its largest number ever, since Jean Marie Le Pen founded the party in 1972.</p>

French Parliament suspended temporarily, amidst uproar when Left-leaning black MP is told to ‘Go back to Africa’ by far-Right opponent
