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BackMathilde Panot facing the Grand Oral 2027 on immigration and the fictitious agreement with Nigel Farage
Mathilde Panot facing the Grand Oral 2027 on immigration and the fictitious agreement with Nigel Farage
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Mathilde Panot facing the Grand Oral 2027 on immigration and the fictitious agreement with Nigel Farage

The president of the LFI group at the National Assembly answers questions from BFMTV and Le Figaro during the second edition of the presidential meeting

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  • Mathilde Panot, president of the LFI group at the National Assembly, participated on Sunday evening in the second edition of the “Grand Oral 2027” co-organized by BFMTV and Le Figaro, facing journalists Marc Fauvelle, Marie Chantrait and Jim Jarrassé.
  • The first subject addressed was immigration, relaunched in the political debate after the signing of a fictitious agreement between Jordan Bardella and Nigel Farage providing for the return to France of migrants intercepted in British waters.

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The “Grand Oral 2027” is a new presidential meeting co-organized by BFMTV and Le Figaro, aiming to question major political figures in the run-up to the 2027 presidential election. The previous week, RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy was the first guest.

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It’s Mathilde Panot’s turn to take her “Grand Oral 2027”. After Jean-Philippe Tanguy, RN deputy for the Somme, who was the first to take part in the exercise last week, the boss of the LFI group in the Assembly was the guest on Sunday evening of the second edition of this new presidential meeting co-organized by BFMTV and Le Figaro. Facing her for an hour: Marc Fauvelle and Marie Chantrait, from the news channel, and Jim Jarrassé, head of the political department of our newspaper.

First subject addressed, and not the least: immigration. A question relaunched in recent days in the political debate after Jordan Bardella attracted the wrath of a large part of the political class, from the Insoumis to LR via the central bloc, by signing a fictitious agreement with "Mr. Brexit" Nigel Farage. At issue, in particular: a provision providing for the return to France of migrants intercepted in British waters. “From abroad…

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  • The debate on immigration will intensify in French political parties in the coming weeks

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  • What are Mathilde Panot's precise positions on immigration beyond her reaction to the fictitious agreement?
  • How will other political parties react to this controversy in the weeks to come?
  • Is the French government considering an official response to the fictitious Bardella-Farage deal?

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This article was originally published by Le Figaro Actualités.

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