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RN deputy Lisette Pollet, at the National Assembly, in Paris, April 28, 2025.

The MP (National Rally, RN) Lisette Pollet claimed to have fired considered one of her parliamentary assistants, recognized as Vincent Claudin, due to publications opposite to her “values” on social networks. “This separation follows the publication, on his personal social networks, of several messages whose content is in contradiction with the values, principles and line of conduct that I defend”wrote this elected official from Drôme in a press launch printed on X through the evening of Tuesday to Wednesday February 25.

“I strongly condemn these positions”she added, making certain that these “tweets” had been solely the duty of their writer. The content material of those messages was not instantly clear. But these “unforgivable content” had been printed on “accounts under pseudonyms”declared his colleague and deputy (RN) Jean-Philippe Tanguy on RTL on Wednesday.

Vincent Claudin belonged to the small ultra-right group Lyon populaire, which was the topic of a dissolution process, in response to Mediapartwhich qualifies the colleague of the MP (RN) “neo-Nazi parliamentary assistant”. Mr. Claudin additionally participated within the march organized for Quentin Deranque in Lyon final weekend, throughout which Nazi salutes and racist and homophobic insults had been noticed. He would thus have “exceeded Jordan Bardella’s instructions requiring his troops to avoid tribute”relieves The Parisian.

“If the identity of Vincent Claudin has come to the forefront recently, it is because he presents himself as “one of Quentin Deranque’s best friends””continues the each day, which provides that after the dying of Quentin Deranque, “in the media such as on CNews or Radio Courtoisie, Mr. Claudin thus remembers “a martyr” and “a hero””.

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“No connection”

Jean-Philippe Tanguy and Lisette Pollet each affirmed that his participation within the march had no hyperlink along with his dismissal, Mr. Tanguy discovering ” normal “ that he needed “pay homage to him”. The MP (RN) nevertheless assured that there isn’t a “no connection” between the RN and ultra-right teams.

Mr. Tanguy was additionally questioned on Wednesday concerning the case of Fernand Beauvillain, RN candidate in Pugnac (Gironde), close to Bordeaux. According to the location The Dayshe printed racist messages on social networks between 2022 and 2025, during which he complains, for instance, about “replacement of the French” within the nationwide soccer group. Fernand Beauvillain, additionally supported by the UDR, had acknowledged among the many Days some publications “clumsy or misinterpreted”however making certain that others fall below “humor, sometimes grating”.

Jean-Philippe Tanguy stated he was not conscious, however clarified that this ” content “ was going to be examined.

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The World with AFP

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