Europe 1 with AFP 6:06 p.m., June 28, 2022

Several elected officials from the left-wing Nupes coalition castigated Tuesday the reference to French Algeria in the inaugural speech of the RN dean of the National Assembly José Gonzalez, at the opening of the new legislature.

The elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône, pied-noir born in Oran, spoke of his native land from which he was "ripped".

Moment "embarrassing", deputy "shocked", "disgust": several elected representatives of the left-wing coalition Nupes castigated Tuesday the reference to French Algeria in the inaugural speech of the dean RN of the National Assembly José Gonzalez, at the opening of the new legislature.

In a brief speech, the elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône, pied-noir born in Oran, spoke of his native land from which he was "ripped".

"I left a part of my France there", at the independence of Algeria in 1962, he said, interrupting himself for a moment under the influence of his emotion.

After such trivialization where will we go?

The dean of the RN session, nostalgic for the assassins of the OAS, evokes without shame and tearful the memory of French Algeria to applause.

An insult to our history and to our parents.

Day of SHAME.

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— Sabrina Sebaihi (@SabrinaSebaihi) June 28, 2022

Bayou "collided", "horror and disgust" for LFI Portes

The ecologist Julien Bayou said he was "struck", even if the dean was "cautious and mentioned his personal case".

"It's really problematic. We didn't applaud".

On Twitter, Green MP Sabrina Sebaihi blasted a "day of shame".

"With such trivialization, how far will we go?".

"Horror and disgust", launched his colleague LFI Thomas Portes.

"It was quite embarrassing", also judged the socialist Olivier Faure in front of the press.

"We, the repatriates from Algeria (...) we left a part of France there that we loved. It was important to say that we loved France from there and that we loves France from here. We are true patriots", justified José Gonzalez, 79, at the microphone of LCP.

The rules provide that the oldest member chairs the first session.

This is not a first for the far right.

In 1986, an ally of the National Front, Edouard Frédéric-Dupont, had opened the 8th legislature in place of Marcel Dassault, older but sick.