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A photograph from the Hans Lucas agency shows the Prime Minister showing an image of a black puppy to his ministers on February 5, while Boris Vallaud, president of the socialist group in the Assembly, spoke about the fate of workers.
“The next time I ask him a question, I will bark and scratch his ears with my feet,” squeaks Boris Vallaud near CheckNews. The socialist deputy had already expressed his exasperation, during his speech in the National Assembly on Monday, seeing that Gabriel Attal was not listening to a word, preferring to chat with his neighbors or look at his smartphone. But the boss of the PS parliamentarians discovered, via a photograph from the Hans Lucas agency, that the Prime Minister visibly preferred to show the photograph of a small dog to his ministers.
According to the Hans Lucas agency, the image in question was taken during the speech of the Landes MP on the occasion of the motion of censure tabled by the four left-wing groups in parliament. At this moment, Gabriel Attal “speaks with Rachida Dati, Marie Lebec, Prisca Thévenot and laughs, disrespecting the speaker”, says the caption. On the phone screen, we see a small black dog (probably a chow chow).
Photos taken during Vallaud’s intervention
Contacted by CheckNews, the photographer Amaury Cornu, at the origin of the photo, sent us several images whose metadata confirms that they were indeed taken this Monday, February 5. The Prime Minister’s photograph showed