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LFI deputies formally proposed repealing the Penal Code offence of condoning terrorism.

The Claim

La France Insoumise has supported repealing the French criminal offence of condoning terrorism.

The Short Version

Official parliamentary records confirm that LFI deputies introduced a bill repealing the Penal Code offence of condoning terrorism. Although party leaders described their broader goal as moving the matter under press law rather than making such expression lawful, that distinction does not alter their documented support for repealing the existing offence.

Caveats

  • Repealing the existing provision does not necessarily imply support for legalizing the underlying conduct.
  • LFI leaders said they favored addressing such speech under France’s press law instead.
  • The evidence concerns proposed legislation, not a repeal that was enacted into law.

The Receipts

  1. PIONANR5L17B0577

    assemblee-nationale.fr

  2. Proposition de loi du groupe LFI visant à abroger le délit d'apologie du ...

    senat.fr

  3. PROPOSITION DE LOI

    assemblee-nationale.fr

  4. Question n°212 : Apologie du terrorisme - Assemblée nationale

    questions.assemblee-nationale.fr

  5. Proposition de loi, n° 577 - 17e législature - Assemblée nationale

    assemblee-nationale.fr

  6. «Difficile de faire plus ignoble», «une honte absolue» : LFI suscite de vives réactions en proposant d’abroger le délit d’apologie du terrorisme

    lefigaro.fr

  7. Délit d’apologie du terrorisme : pourquoi LFI propose de l’enlever du Code pénal ?

    publicsenat.fr

  8. Les députés de La France insoumise souhaitent abroger le délit d'apologie du terrorisme – franceinfo

    franceinfo.fr

  9. La France insoumise veut-elle vraiment autoriser l’apologie du terrorisme ?

    la-croix.com

  10. VÉRIF' - Les députés Insoumis demandent-ils vraiment d'abroger le délit d'apologie du terrorisme ? | TF1 Info

    tf1info.fr

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Filed Under

Condoning TerrorismFranceLa France Insoumise

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