Faced with this question, Paul Magnette replied: “Have you seen what happened last weekend? The MR organized a conference with the Thomas More Institute, which is a far -right institute, recognized as being of the far right. It is a French far -right institute, close to the RN, there is no one who calls it into question. It is one more sign of the drift from the MR to the extreme right and that is what is extremely worrying. ” Returning to the Evras, he added: “The question is that invite you. Are you going to invite people who are close to the extreme right. When I was still a bourgmestre of Charleroi, a little over a year ago, I lived fires of schools, primary schools that were burned […]and the police identified the fact that they were radical Islamist movements and far -right movements. “
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Following these remarks, the Thomas More Institute announced to prosecute Paul Magnette in defamation. You can read in a press release: “The remarks made by Paul Magnette are ignorant, false, insulting and seriously affect the reputation of the Thomas More Institute. The Thomas More Institute is an ardent defender of fundamental democratic freedoms, in particular the freedom of expression, all the more when this freedom is exercised by political leaders who relate the demands and aspirations of citizens. However, freedom of expression is not unlimited and cannot fall into indecency and total irresponsibility. “
The press release continues by returning to the context of the event mentioned by the President of the PS: “Paul Magnette referred to a conference organized only by the Thomas More Institute on March 26 on the progress of Islamism within schools. The speakers were notably the president of the reform movement, Georges-Louis Bouchezand journalists Laurence d’Hondt and Jean-Pierre Martin. At the end of this conference, a discussion took place about the guide relating to education in relational, emotional and sexual life (Evras) with several speakers including Georges-Louis Bouchez, as was published by the Thomas More Institute on social networks. “
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The Thomas More Institute denounces a political game: “In a tense political context with Brussels negotiations that skate, it appears obvious that through the Thomas More Institute, Paul Magnette’s words aimed above all to scratch a political adversary in the person of Georges-Louis Bouchez. However, the political attack does not allow insult and irresponsibility in the leader of a leading political figure. “
Thus, legal action was brought against Paul Magnette: “The Thomas More Institute has made the decision to bring a civil liability action against Paul Magnette and to claim damages for the reputation damage that his remarks undoubtedly caused the Thomas More Institute. “
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