Around 10 p.m., the MoDem deputy for Vienne Nicolas 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 launched the first to the second, according to “Le Figaro”. At first impassive and sitting in his chair, the PS deputy ended up getting annoyed. Then by pushing back Nicolas Turquois’ arm. He was then removed by the boss of the MoDem group Marc Fesneau.
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 again, as well as the ushers, before Nicolas Turquois ended up leaving the hemicycle.
Antoine Léaument then spoke in the Assembly to declare towards the MoDem group: “Your colleague came to threaten me […] Fortunately Mr Fesneau [qui dirige le groupe MoDem à l’Assemblée] that you were there to detain the colleague from your group and that the bailiffs intervened, because otherwise I'm not sure if I wouldn't have gotten a bad start.”
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 deputy in question will explain it when the time comes,” Marc Fesneau, leader of the MoDem deputies, had previously assured.
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