The Minister responsible for the Sea and Fisheries, Fabrice Loher, responded, on Tuesday, November 26, during a question session to the government in the National Assembly, to a question about the death of immigrants in the English Channel, which provoked the ire of the left. wing deputies.
The deputy (Hauts de Seine, French Communist Party) Elsa Faucillon has asked Michel Barnier about the means put in place by the Government to prevent the deaths of immigrants in the English Channel, which amount to at least 71 since its beginning. of the year. As the Prime Minister only had to answer questions from the group chairmen, he left it to a minister to answer Mrs.me Hawk.
And instead of being the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, who responded, it was the Minister of Fisheries and the Sea who took the microphone, provoking strong reactions on the left. The head of the communist deputies, André Chassaigne, was especially angry. “What a shame”shout.
“We are not talking about fish but about human beings who are drowning and Fortress Europe that is killing. It’s a shame! »denounced Mathilde Panot, leader of the deputies of La Francia Insumisa (LFI), in X. “We were waiting for a response from the competent minister, Mr. Retailleau, responsible for the Interior. He is the Minister of Fisheries. [et de la mer] who responded… The political shipwreck is total”denounced Clémentine Autain, deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis and member of the environmental group.
Taking the floor to respond to the head of the green deputies, Cyrielle Chatelain, on another topic, Michel Barnier returned to the incident a few minutes later. “We thought about the title of the question we received. Sometimes it is quite incomplete. We thought it was a rescue at sea. For this reason, ladies and gentlemen, he is the minister in charge of the sea, and therefore in charge, within the government, of rescue at sea.whoever responded justified himself. “There is no point in getting angry, arguing about such serious issues”he added.
