French far-right protesters focus on black MP
Far-right protesters on France placed a racist protest beyond your office of black politician Sira Sylla.
The demonstrators, from the Normandy branch of Technology Identity, held anti-black signs and waved lit flares.
Ms Sylla, an MP from President Emmanuel Macron's party in Rouen, tweeted a photo of the protest with the concept: "You won't ever affect me."
Her tweet received a wave of support and solidarity from colleagues, including Primary Minister Jean Castex.
In the photo posted by Ms Sylla, five white males were experienced holding placards and a banner that read: "Help the French, not the Africans."
The signs referenced a proposal to the government from Ms Sylla earlier in the month, requesting a decrease in fees on funds transfers to African countries.
The placards suggested mandatory repatriation - the forced return of individuals to their countries of origin - and said: "Consider our jobs, not the diaspora."
Each of the posters and the banner were branded with the brand "Génération Identitaire".
In her tweet, Ms Sylla wrote: "I am very pleased with the work that I've carried out with conviction as a French MP for 3 years, particularly for my own constituency and African-French relations. I am more determined than ever before!"
In a statement on social mass media, Primary Minister Castex wrote: "The unworthy attacks Sira Sylla demand unanimous and unambiguous condemnation. I've sent her my support and the solidarity of the complete Government. In the face of hatred, the Republic must unite and act."
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also known as the targeting of Ms Sylla "vile", and said that France wouldn't "cede an iota to the hateful ideology of the extremist groups".
Richard Ferrand, President of the National Assembly, tweeted his support to Ms Sylla and said "her commitment, her work and her determination certainly are a credit to Parliament and to the Republic".
