On the affair of the group of about fifty French Jewish teenagers landed last Wednesday by a plane departing from Valencia (Spain) and directed to Paris, the French Foreign Minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, telephoned the president of the responsible company today, Vueling, Carolina Martinoli, to express “the strong emotion” aroused in the French government by the episode. The Quai d’Orsay made it known.
Bartot, according to the spokesperson for foreign countries, “asked for explanations” to Martinoli, “in particular to establish whether the French have been the subject of discrimination related to their religious belonging”. A similar initiative was adopted by Quai d’Orsay against the Spanish ambassador to France. The Vueling manager assured Barrot who “an internal investigation is underway whose conclusions will be shared with the French and Spanish authorities”. According to managers on board of the company, the fifty Jewish students with their companions caused strong “overhanging” on board, highlighting “aggressive” behaviors and handling “emergency material”.