Christian Estrosi on Tuesday deemed "terrifying" and "unbearable" the words of the leader of his party, Laurent Wauquiez, who linked the extension of medically assisted procreation to a risk of eugenics, making a reference to Nazism.

"It's terrifying, it makes me feel cold and it's pretty unbearable. On RTL radio on Tuesday, the mayor of Nice was indignant at the remarks made by the president of Republicans (LR), Laurent Wauquiez, about the PMA. Christian Estrosi also spoke "personally" for the extension of the PMA.

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On Sunday, Laurent Wauquiez considered that the opening of the PMA to all women "will (necessarily) lead" to gestational surrogacy (GPA), "the commercialization of gametes" and "eugenics" . "All this has a name, it is eugenics; all this was done by a regime, it is Nazism, " he declared before the activists of common sense, the conservative current of LR, calling to " defend the natural mode of reproduction, of filiation, of transmission " .

He then sought yesterday, by a tweet, to nuance by claiming to have "wanted to recall the lessons of history . " "Our contemporary debates are obviously not the same, but when we talk about ethics, we must be very vigilant about the paths we are opening," he added.

Recalling the horror of eugenics and Nazism, I wanted to recall the lessons of history. Our contemporary debates are obviously not the same, but when we talk about ethics, we must be very vigilant about the paths we are opening.

- Laurent Wauquiez (@laurentwauquiez) November 19, 2018

Christian Estrosi also clarified his position: "I perfectly understand that others are opposed to it but today, probably hurt millions of French people who are favorable and especially make references to eugenics, Nazism, are subjects that shock me deeply, " he criticized

"Why do I continue to pay my card to the Republicans? "

"Why do I continue to pay my card to the Republicans? Because I want to help my party, which has a history, become what it once was where we are denaturing it, " added the Mayor of Nice.

Pressed by its majority and all the left, but confronted with the noisy reticence of the right, the government has decided to postpone the consideration of the Assembly in the spring of the controversial text that opens the PMA to all women.