anger on the left after a response from the Minister of Fisheries to the Assembly with regards to migrants dying within the Channel | EUROtoday

The Minister accountable for the ocean and fisheries, Fabrice Loher, responded, Tuesday, November 26, throughout a query session to the federal government within the National Assembly, to a query on the deaths of migrants within the Channel, which provoked the anger of left-wing deputies.

The MP (Hauts-de-Seine, French Communist Party) Elsa Faucillon requested a query, addressed to Michel Barnier, on the means put in place by the federal government to forestall the deaths of migrants within the Channel, numbering not less than 71 because the begin of the 12 months. The Prime Minister being solely required to reply questions from group presidents, he let a minister reply Ms.^me Falcon.

And slightly than it being the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, who responded, it was the Minister of Fisheries and the Sea who took the microphone, frightening robust reactions on the left. The boss of the communist deputies, André Chassaigne, significantly turned extraordinarily offended. “Shame on you”he shouted.

“We are not talking about fish but about human beings who are drowning and Fortress Europe which is killing. It’s a shame! »denounced Mathilde Panot, the leader of the La France insoumise (LFI) deputies, on X. “We were waiting for a response from the competent minister, Mr. Retailleau, responsible for the interior. He is the Minister of Fisheries [et de la mer] who answered… The political shipwreck is total”for her half denounced Clémentine Autain, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis and member of the environmental group.

Taking the ground to reply on one other topic to the top of the environmentalist deputies, Cyrielle Chatelain, Michel Barnier returned to the incident a couple of minutes later. “We thought about the title of the question we received. Sometimes it’s quite sketchy. We thought that it was a rescue at sea. This is why, ladies and gentlemen, it is the minister in charge of the sea, and therefore in charge, within the government, of rescue at sea. »who responded, he justified. “There’s no point getting angry, arguing about such serious issues”he added.