2023-10-10 17:35:31
Another stormy session in the National Assembly, against a backdrop of conflict between Israel and Hamas. “I want to reassure all the Jews of France, we protect them (…) We will not tolerate any act, any anti-Semitic remarks in France,” declared Élisabeth Borne on Tuesday before the deputies, when Éric Dupond-Moretti announced that ten investigations were underway In France. The Hamas attack is “a terrorist attack, committed by a terrorist group”, insisted the head of government, looking at the group of La France insoumise deputies, widely criticized for their position considered too ambiguous on the conflict.
A sign of the tension currently reigning around the conflict, the LR elected officials and part of those of the presidential majority left the Assembly chamber during a speech by the LFI representative, Mathilde Panot.
Élisabeth Borne once again found it “shocking and distressing to hear dissonant voices even on these benches”. “The unimaginable barbarity and level of violence remind us of the worst moments of our fight against the Islamic State. Those who supported, financed and armed Hamas fell, with it, into ignominy,” she added.
This conflict is a “trauma which takes us back 50 years”, underlined the head of government, whose father, of Jewish faith, never recovered from the deportation and ended his life when his daughter was 11 years old. “We are in constant contact with the families and my thoughts are with them. We are ensuring, in conjunction with Air France, that flights can resume as quickly as possible,” said the head of government.
The Prime Minister was applauded at the end of her speech on all benches, except those of LFI and the National Rally. Before that, the Assembly had observed a minute of silence in memory of the victims of attacks by the Islamist movement Hamas, at the opening of this session of questions to the government.
“No euros of French aid to a terrorist organization”
The government also affirmed on Tuesday that it was “extremely vigilant to ensure that no euro of French aid” goes to a “terrorist organization”, even if it said it was against a “suspension” of the money. which directly benefits the Palestinian populations.”
“I am not unaware of the questions about our humanitarian aid,” declared Élisabeth Borne. Our aid is paid to UN organizations on site, which act directly for access to water, food security, health or education,” added the Prime Minister.
The head of government was responding in particular to the head of the Les Républicains party Éric Ciotti who called for “cutting off all development aid to those who participate in the financing of terrorism”. The right-wing party presented a resolution to this effect in the Assembly.
The question of aid to the Palestinians has been the subject of dissonant messages within the European Union. A European commissioner, Olivier Varhelyi, announced on Monday the suspension of all payments planned as part of this development aid. The Commission then announced that it was launching “an urgent review of European Union assistance to Palestine”, without further mentioning such a suspension.
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