Debate in the European Parliament over a discussion on “remigration”

A debate organized in the European Parliament by a far-right group on “remigration,” namely the mass expulsion of foreign or foreign-origin people, sparked a skirmish in the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday.

European Parliament (Strasbourg, France) – French MEP Jean-Paul Garraud, member of the Patriots for Europe group (far-right), on Thursday called on the President of the European Parliament to take “sanctions,” accusing “a gathering of far-left French deputies and assistants” of having “attempted to prevent” the holding of a conference on “remigration and border protection” on Wednesday evening within the Parliament.

The elected official accused this group of having “shouted insults and defamatory slogans at the entrance of the conference room.” “We will not be intimidated by Islamo-leftist and anti-Semitic wannabe revolutionaries,” he lashed out, triggering whistles and applause.

“Remigration is the deportation of people who are European outside the European Union,” retorted Manon Aubry, head of the Left group. 

“Mr. Garraud, by defending this event, you show the true face of the far-right, which today is one of a project that is racist and xenophobic,” she continued, asserting she had “protested peacefully.” (February 13, 2025)