Carole Delga (PS) was the guest of France Info, this Wednesday morning. Her response to journalist Salhia Brakhlia, who asked her about the bill to regulate immigration, shocked. The president of the Occitanie region has, in fact, taken as examples Kylian Mbappé and Yannick Noah. However, the football player and the ex-tennis player were born in France.
“On immigration, we must stop conveying this image of immigration which only represents a threat,” said Carole Delga. Immigration is an asset for France. Who made hospitals and nursing homes work during the Covid-19 crisis? There were a lot of immigrants. Who are the favorite personalities of the French? It’s Kylian Mbappé, it’s Yannick Noah. “They are” French, be careful, there is a difference, “salhia Brakhlia reminded him. “But they are from other countries, added the elected. Their parents were not born in France. »
“I regret”, reacted Carole Delga
A clumsiness that has moved many elected officials, especially at Nupes. They expressed themselves on Twitter. “Terrible confusion in these remarks, pointed out Laurent Alexandre (LFI), deputy Nupes of Aveyron. To confuse skin color and nationality is not very “responsible left”. Andrée Taurinya (LFI), MP for Saint-Etienne, described this outing as “ordinary racism”. “After how many generations [Carole] Does Delga allow us, who are black, to be considered French, ”lamented Nadège Abomangoli (LFI), deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis.
Carole Delga also reacted on Twitter. “I regret that I expressed myself badly,” she wrote. My name is Delga. First, second, hundredth generation, we are all children of immigrants. Faced with those who brandish immigration as a threat, I recalled that it was a source of wealth, a contribution to the genius and success of our country. »