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Hard-left LFI MP Rachel Keke stands up in the French parliament with a Palestinian flag, repeating the gesture made by her colleague Sebastien Delogu last week, which led to the suspension of the session. Ecologists, communists and France Unbowed MPs wore black, red, white and green, the colours of the Palestinian flag, in a show of support for this people. IMAGES
French parliament suspended lef-wing MP Sebastien Delogu after he held up a Palestinian flag during a heated debate over whether France should recognise Palestinian statehood, in violation of the House's rules. A member of parliament for the radical left France Unbowed (LFI) party from the southern city of Marseille, he has been suspended from the Assembly for two weeks and will lose half of his parliamentary allowance for two months. The sanction recommended by the Assembly's executive committee was approved by the majority, the right and the far right, with the left largely voting against in a "show of hands" in the Chamber. (COMPLETES VIDI34U796F_EN) IMAGES
France Unbowed MP Sebastien Delogu waved a Palestinian flag in the French National Assembly during government question time, prompting the session to be suspended by President Yael Braun-Pivet, who condemned the 'unacceptable' behaviour. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is disappointed by an Israeli parliament vote against the creation of a Palestinian state, his spokesman says. "You can't vote away the two-state solution so the secretary-general is very disappointed by the decision of the Knesset," said spokesman Stephane Dujarric. SOUNDBITE
A polling station opens in the village of Delgany south of Dublin. Irish voters go to the polls on Friday in marathon European Union elections, the world's second largest democratic ballot after India. Some 3.6 million voters are eligible to cast their ballot in Ireland. Most of the European Union's 27 nations -- including powerhouses Germany and France -- hold balloting on Sunday, with 370 million people eligible to vote overall IMAGES
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