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Quentin Bataillon, Renaissance deputy and president of the commission of inquiry into the allocation of TNT frequencies, in “TPMP” on April 2, 2024.
POLITICS – He recognizes that he has ” maybe “ said a wrong word, but only one. Renaissance MP Quentin Bataillon has ruled out resigning despite calls to this effect and criticism – including from the Macronist camp – following his time with Cyril Hanouna. Chairman of the Assembly’s commission of inquiry into the allocation of TNT frequencies, his presence and his remarks on the set of the flagship host of C8, himself interviewed, caused an outcry on Wednesday April 3.
“The neutrality of a president is assessed by his management of hearings. They ended on March 28 and we are now in the time of the report and the contributions of the political groups. My teaching duty is to go to all the sets that invite me”Quentin Bataillon justified himself to Opinion this Wednesday evening.
The day before, on the C8 set, the elected official from Loire had criticized Yann Barthès and his “ quite arrogant attitude” before scratching Daily for his (claimed) choice not to receive representatives of the extreme right. “My role is to remind people that a commission must be treated seriously and not casually,” he maintains to our colleagues, just recognizing thatMaybe “arrogant wasn’t the right word.”
“ I will go wherever I am invited », warns Bataillon
The presence of MP Renaissance in the talk show of Hanouna made the left jump, including the LFI rapporteur of the famous commission, Aurélien Saintoul. But not only that. The leader of the Renaissance elected representatives in the Assembly, Sylvain Maillard, was also moved, the government spokesperson Prisca Thevenot estimating for her part at the end of the Council of Ministers that a responsible “has (no) judgment to make on a journalist”. Even higher, according to Opinion And RMCthe actions of the deputy for the Loire have “annoyed” up to the head of state Emmanuel Macron.
Without mentioning Quentin Bataillon by name, Renaissance President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet called on all members of the commission to “show reserve and discernment in their public expressions, in order to guarantee the serenity of the work and the credibility of the investigations”. Because if the hearings are finished, the report of the commission of inquiry would not be finalized and made public until May 7.
However, Quentin Bataillon excludes at this stage resigning from the presidency of the commission. “I don’t want to be trapped by this political manipulation. I talk to everyone and I will go wherever I am invited”, keeps it in Opinion. “Why would I be the only citizen of France to stop myself from speaking on television? »he asks.
As explained Releasenothing in the regulations of the Palais Bourbon allows Quentin Bataillon to be dismissed from his position in the commission against his will.
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