Paris condemns “with firmness” of the words of the Minister of Spanish Transport after the landing of Jewish French teenagers from a Vueling company plane

A new twist in the Vueling affair. The French government condemned “firmly”Wednesday July 30, the words of the Spanish Minister of Transport “Assimilating French children of Jewish confession to Israeli citizens, as if that justified any way the treatment to which they were exposed”said Benjamin Haddad, Minister in charge of Europe and Aurore Bergé, Minister of the Fight against Discrimination.

After the incident on July 23, during which A group of forty French teenagers of Jewish confession had been landed from a plane in Spain, the Minister of Transport of the country, Oscar Puente, had published a post on X on Friday, abolished on Saturday, criticizing the Spanish right and accusing him of not defending the airline for “Team with Israeli kids”, reported several media. This position annoyed the French government, which pointed out the brutal actions on the part of the Spanish police against a children’s guide.

According to The Spanish airline Vueling, adolescents were landed from the plane at Valence airport because they endangered the safety of the flight while trying to handle oxygen masks and life jackets. This “Inappropriate behavior” continued “Despite the increasingly firm warnings of the crew”so good that ultimately “The commander was forced to request the intervention of the civil guard”explained the company in a press release published on Friday on x.

For his part, the colony organizer maintains that adolescents have been landed “Without valid motif” and announced its intention to file a complaint against the carrier “For physical, psychological violence and discrimination on the foundation of religion”.