When Nagui takes over the Prime Minister live. François Bayrou was, this Tuesday, December 17, 2024, one of the many guests of ‘United for Mayotte’. This solidarity evening, scheduled at the last minute by France 2, aimed to raise funds for the Fondation de France and help the inhabitants of the French department, affected since the passage of Cyclone Chido on Saturday December 14, 2024.
“This is a population which, from the point of view of their papers, is illegal”
After announcing the recognition of the state of natural disaster would intervene “without the slightest delay“, the head of government insisted that “80% of houses had their roofs blown away and unfortunately the slums“. Of the “the waves“, “where more than 100,000 people lived, two thirds of the population“, recalled Karine Baste. Before questioning the Prime Minister on the integration of these homes and their population”not insured“even “not recorded” in the decree recognizing the state of natural disaster.
“More than 100,000 people were there and came from other Comoros islands“, described the Prime Minister. Before continuing: “It is a population, which from the point of view of papers, is illegal and which, from the point of view of life, are men and women…“, he began his sentence, interrupted by a reflection from Nagui: “Is it the topic today to know if it is legal or not legal?“, the host pretended to wonder. “No, everyone is Mahorese!“, concluded the Prime Minister, criticized for having favored chairing the municipal council of Pau, of which he is mayor, this Monday, December 16, 2024, rather than going to Mayotte. Puremédias invites you to watch the sequence.
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The solidarity evening, fueled by reports and musical performances provided by, among others, Nolwenn Leroy, Cali and Marc Lavoine, raised a total of more than 5 million euros. According to Médiamétrie, it brought together 1.06 million viewers between 8:50 p.m. and 11:41 p.m., i.e. 6.8% of the public, 3.1% of 25-49 year olds and 3.1% of women responsible for purchases aged under 50. years (FRDA-50).
“We will not be able to rebuild Mayotte without addressing the migration issue”
Before François Bayrou, Bruno Retailleau, resigning Minister of the Interior, had made a similar speech on X: “We will not be able to rebuild Mayotte without addressing, with the greatest determination, the migration issue. Mayotte is the symbol of the drift that governments have allowed to take hold on this issue. It will be necessary to legislate so that in Mayotte, as everywhere on the national territory, France regains control of its immigration. The French are waiting for it, and it must be a national priority“, warned the current tenant of Place Beauvau this Tuesday, December 17, 2024.
Claude Askolovitch, editorialist on France Inter and columnist in “28 minutes” on Arte, deduces the following conclusion: “The undocumented immigrants from the destroyed slums, now homeless, if they are not today lifeless without a grave, are now without hope, obstacles in the aftermath of Mayotte, it is the Republic which tells them so , at the worst time of their existence. Strange tempo“, he posted on X.
