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Racist incident causes outrage in French parliament after far-right MP yells 'Go back to Africa' to Black lawmaker

A racist incident has caused outrage in the French parliament in Paris. The session was broken off on Thursday afternoon after an interjection by a deputy from the far-right nationalist National Rally and adjourned until Friday. Parliamentarians from other groups demanded harsh sanctions against Member of Parliament (MP) Grégoire de Fournas.

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De Fournas, a member of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN), and his party argued that he said nothing wrong. He "obviously spoke about the migrants transported in boats by the NGOs," Le Pen tweeted. "The controversy created by our political opponents ... will not deceive the French."