(Paris) The ushers of the Assembly had to intervene Thursday evening between several deputies, following an incident caused in the hemicycle by the MoDem deputy Nicolas Turquois, on the sidelines of the debate on the repeal of the reform pensions, according to parliamentary sources.
Posted at 11:04 a.m.
According to these sources, Mr. Turquois climbed into the aisles during a session suspension, appearing threatening towards a socialist deputy, Michael Bouloux.
“My family was threatened! And these are people from your village! », would have thrown the first to the second, according to Le Figaro.
According to a source at MoDem, Mr. Turquois complained to Mr. Bouloux about the “threats, insults and phone calls” received because of his opposition to the repeal of the pension reform.
LFI deputy Antoine Léaument also said he was threatened by Mr. Turquois when he asked him to leave.
The president of the MoDem group Marc Fesneau intervened, as well as ushers, before Mr. Turquois ended up leaving the hemicycle.
When the debates resumed, the session president Xavier Breton (LR) announced that he would suggest to the President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet to discuss the incident at the next meeting of the office of the Assembly for sanction.
The incident took place at the end of a tense day, during which the deputies of the government coalition slowed down debates on a proposed LFI law aimed at repealing the 2023 pension reform, in order to avoid arrive at a lost vote for them.
