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Antisemitic remarks attributed to French MP shake far right

Original: ‘All banks are owned by Jews’: Remarks attributed to MP shake France’s far right https:// lemmy.ml/post/53373391

Comments attributed to a French member of parliament claiming that 'all banks are owned by Jews' have caused uproar in France, prompting a political crisis within the far right. Critics have condemned the remarks as openly antisemitic, and the affair has reignited debate over antisemitism in French politics and how the far right's leadership responds to it.

Why now: The scandal is forcing France's far right into a public reckoning over antisemitism within its ranks.

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