“You exclude yourself from the republican field”: in the Assembly, Élisabeth Borne castigates the Insoumis

At the National Assembly, the Hemicycle once again shook under the tremors of the terrorist attack that occurred more than a week ago in Israel. After a tribute to Dominique Bernard, the teacher murdered in Arras at the end of last week, the president of the Insoumis group, Mathilde Panot, asked the Prime Minister to “take all measures to protect staff and students” in schools. To which Elisabeth Borne responded with “gravity”, attacking the Insoumis for their positions on the Hamas attack in Israel.

“Hamas is a terrorist group that you refuse to call as such,” lambasted the head of government, even recalling the words of Danièle Obono the same morning on Sud Radio, calling Hamas a “resistance movement.” “The voices of the rebels are missing from the unanimous condemnation of barbarism, they are missing from national unity,” she criticized. Before attacking: “Justice is seized, it will decide”, in reference to the referral by Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior, to the public prosecutor for “apology of terrorism” following the comments of Danièle Obono. And to conclude, scathingly: “For you, these are not terrorist acts, for me, you exclude yourself from the republican field”.