Despite promises of case-by-case treatment and the profile of the candidates, the cordon sanitaire that had been on the drawing board for several days has been put in place against the far-right group Identity and Democracy (ID) during the constituent sessions of the parliamentary committees on Wednesday 10 July.
Thus, the ‘Agriculture’ (AGRI) and ‘Legal Affairs’ (JURI) committees rejected the nominees from the ID groups, Maxette Pirbakase and Gilles Lebreton respectively, and...