PARIS, May 29 — France’s parliament yesterday suspended a left-wing lawmaker for two weeks after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should...
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Sebastien Delogu, a member of parliament for the France Unbowed party from the southern city of Marseille, stood up with the flag during questions to the government. Delogu left the lower chamber making a V-sign for victory, as right-wing and centrist lawmakers inside applauded the sanctions against him. Some deputies exchanged heated words outside the chamber.His suspension came on the day Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognised Palestinian statehood in a coordinated decision that has infuriated Israel.But no member of the Group of Seven industrial powers — including France, Britain and the United States — have done so.
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