Paris: A French far-right lawmaker has been suspended from the country’s parliament for 15 days, the maximum penalty, after he made a racist remark during a legislative session, which prompted condemnation from across the political spectrum. Gregoire de Fournas of the far-right National Rally party was heard shouting the words “go back to Africa” at his fellow lawmaker as Carlos Martens Bilongo, who is Black, was challenging the French government about migrants stranded at sea. Bilongo said he was “deeply hurt” by the remark. While De Fournas tweeted, “I fully stand by my comments about the anarchic migratory policies of our country”.

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