The President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) called on Sunday to "collectively (s') rise against this drift of the debate", after insults from the host Cyril Hanouna to the deputy LFI Louis Boyard on the channel C8 .

During a sequence devoted to the Ocean Viking migrant boat on the program "Touche pas à mon poste" on Thursday evening, guest Louis Boyard, deputy since June and former columnist for the program, accused the "five people richest" in France to "impoverish Africa". He quoted billionaire Vincent Bolloré, owner of the Canal+ group, to which C8 belongs.

The tone quickly rose with Cyril Hanouna.

“You are a shit”, launched the host, after having treated the deputy of “moron”, “buffoon” and “con”.

Louis Boyard left under the boos of the public.



“A drift in public debate”, according to Yaël Braun-Pivet

According to the President of the Assembly, the sequence is “degrading for the public debate and the people on the set”.

"We must collectively speak out against this drift of public debate and debate in the media," she pleaded on Radio J.

The LFI group seized Arcom, and Yaël Braun-Pivet indicated that he had spoken with the president of this audiovisual policeman.

Government spokesman Olivier Véran defended the deputy on Sunday: “Whether we like Louis Boyard or not, whether we share his ideas or not, he remains an elected official.

He has the right to express himself as he sees fit and we certainly do not have to insult or insult him, ”he told BFMTV.

“I deplore this spiral of permanent buzz”, also declared Olivier Véran, noting then that “Louis Boyard is a provocative deputy”.

The two leaders of the presidential majority agree that "politicians must speak to the French" and that it is difficult to boycott this or that broadcast.

TPMP is a ratings success, with 1.8 million viewers on average and peaks at over 2 million.

Louis Boyard called on Friday for a parliamentary commission of inquiry into "the interference of Vincent Bolloré" in the media he owns.

According to the President of the Assembly, the question of media concentration is “a fundamental question in a democracy” and “it is important that we deal with this subject”.

She pointed out that the Senate had already conducted such a commission of inquiry, which had resulted last March in 32 recommendations.

The LFI group in the Assembly is free to use its "right to draw" to in turn launch a commission.

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