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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kim Willsher in Paris

‘Go back to Africa’: French MP banned after racist outburst in parliament

France’s Assemblée Nationale has banned a far-right MP from parliament for two weeks for a racist outburst after he shouted “Go back to Africa” when a black member of the lower house was speaking about migrants.

Grégoire de Fournas, a member of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN), or National Rally, will also lose half his salary for two months. He said he was not referring to the MP, but to migrants.

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