Politics: RN MPs ordered to leave racist groups on social media

The secretary general of the National Rally group in the National Assembly, Renaud Labaye, confirmed on Tuesday that he had asked his deputies to leave all Facebook groups that echo racist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, or homophobic remarks. Renaud Labaye confirmed that he "once again sent a message to this effect last week to the RN deputies' WhatsApp account."

The revelations in early June by the online media Les Jours that many elected officials and officials of the far-right party belonged to this type of group had caused an outcry, particularly on the left , with the RN minimizing the impact. "Arabs out", "France is led by Zionist Jews", "we are missing a guy with a little moustache. It would all be over very quickly. Sorry, I forgot his name", one of these groups, entitled "France with Jordan Bardella ", could be read.

LFI MP Thomas Portes announced on June 5 that he had filed a report under Article 40 with the Paris public prosecutor. "Our MPs, about whom we have no doubt, will leave or have already left this group," promised the vice-president of the far-right party, Sébastien Chenu , the same day.