Outrage in French parliament as far right MP shouts 'go back to Africa' at black colleague

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Gregoire de Fournas (L) and Carlos Martens Bilongo
The Frenchparliament was suspended on Thursday after a dark MP was told to "Return to Africa!" by an extreme Right rival.

Carlos Martens Bilongo, a 31-year-old from a Congolese foundation, was posing an inquiry about environmental change when he was obnoxiously gone after on Thursday evening in the Paris Public Get together.

"Return to Africa!" was heard from the seats of the Public Meeting - the extreme Right party drove by Marine Le Pen.

What might be compared to the Speaker, promptly inquired: 'Who is the MP who said that expression? It's unrealistic.'
There were serenades of 'Out, out, out!' by Mr Bilongo's partners, of the left-wing France Insoumis (France Unbowed) party.

Then the offender was distinguished as Grégoire de Fournas, the 37-year-old Public Meeting MP for the Gironde division in south west France.

Mr De Fournas quickly attempted to account for himself by saying he had been alluding to 'an African boat' which experienced issues 'getting once more into port'.

If follows Ms Le Pen, who was sprinter up in official political decision this year, vowing to change the picture of her famously bigoted party, which used to be known as the Public Front.

It was established by Ms Le Pen's dad, Jean Marie Le Pen, who is currently a sentenced bigot and Holocaust denier.

France's Inside Priest Gérald Darmanin proposed that Marine Le Pen's bigoted party had not changed by any means.

Mr Darmanin tweeted 'Prejudice of an individual from
the Public Gathering: from the FN to the RN, the name changes, however the ugly references and vile propensities remain. What a shame.

Mr Bilongo blamed the RN for focusing on him due to the shade of his skin.

He said: "Today, I was decreased to my skin tone. I was brought into the world in France, I'm a French MP. We see the genuine essence of the Public Meeting. It's disgraceful. I thank all the MP who have joined with me'.

Parliamentary specialists in the interim said there would be a full examination concerning Mr De Fournas' words.

The RN commended its 50th birthday celebration recently, with Marine Le Pen saynig it was 'prepared to oversee'.

Her party won 89 seats in the Public Gathering - its biggest number ever, since Jean Marie Le Pen established the party in 1972.

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