Paris (AFP)
In the presence of François Bayrou, deputies and members of the government observed a minute of silence on Tuesday in tribute to Marielle de Sarnez, "a great figure of the Modem and the center" who died on Wednesday.
The centrist MP, chair of the Assembly's Foreign Affairs Committee, died Wednesday at the age of 69 of leukemia.
"By creating the Modem with François Bayrou, Marielle de Sarnez ensured the political independence of the center and center-right", underlined Prime Minister Jean Castex, at the beginning of the questioning session to the government attended by Mr. Bayrou in the gallery. .
"The Republic and Europe have lost a fighter from the start", also greeted Jean Castex.
"Let us pay tribute to this exemplary parliamentarian who fought to her last breath to complete the report on European policies in the face of the health crisis".
She was a "great activist for democracy and Europe", also declared Assembly President Richard Ferrand (LREM).
The leader of the MoDem deputies Patrick Mignola also greeted this woman leaving "a political work", of her international actions to her "fights also as elected of Paris".
Just as François Bayrou had found in her another himself, "she too had found in him another herself", he stressed, in an atmosphere full of emotion.
Right-wing and left-wing deputies then spoke about this figure from the Palais Bourbon and former minister.
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