Carole Delga says she “poorly expressed” after controversial remarks on the origins of sportsmen Mbappé and Noah
The president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga (Socialist Party, PS), admitted, Wednesday, June 7, to have “misspoken” after controversial remarks on the origins of athletes Kylian Mbappé and Yannick…
Carole Delga says she “poorly expressed” after controversial remarks on the origins of sportsmen Mbappé and Noah
The president of the Occitanie region, Carole Delga (Socialist Party, PS), admitted, Wednesday, June 7, to have “misspoken” after controversial remarks on the origins of athletes Kylian Mbappé and Yannick Noah, which provoked the indignation of “rebellious” and environmentalists.
In response to a question on the regularization of undocumented migrants, the President of Occitanie, who opposes the New Popular Ecological and Social Union (Nupes) and has presidential ambitions for 2027, explained on franceinfo that immigration is ” A wealth “.
“Who ran hospitals and retirement homes during the Covid crisis? »she asked, before citing the examples of footballer Kylian Mbappé and tennis player Yannick Noah as “favorite personalities of the French”.
An outcry
Faced with the journalist who reminded him that both were “born in France”the president of Occitanie replied that they were “from other countries”causing an uproar among his opponents on the left.
Faced with criticism, M.me Delga later clarified his thoughts on Twitter : “My name is Delga: 1D2e100e generation, we are all children of immigrants. “I regret that I expressed myself badly”she acknowledged, claiming to have recalled that immigration is “a wealth, a contribution to the genius and success of our country. »
His words had provoked a heavy fire of criticism on the left, especially among the “rebellious”: “Dismaying contamination by the clichés of the far right”reacted the leader of La France insoumise (LFI) Jean-Luc Mélenchon; “a shipwreck” for MEP Manon Aubry (LFI) or even “a left that takes up themes and terms that are not ours” for Deputy Benjamin Lucas (Generation. s).
In the socialist ranks, the first secretary, Olivier Faure, intervened to defend it and affirmed that it was about a “false trial”.
The first deputy secretary of the PS Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, who participated on Saturday alongside Mme Delga at a meeting in Montpellier of the anti-Mélenchon left, for his part, hailed “Grit and Honesty” of the President of Occitania for having “acknowledged his mistakes”.
The World with AFP
