Separatism law, posting or real change?

Emmanuel Macron, October 2, 2020 at Les Mureaux, during the presentation of his action plan against Islamist separatism.

(Ludovic Marin / POOL via AP)

By: Guillaume Naudin Follow

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It is a text that has been announced for months.

It was presented this morning (December 9, 2020) to the Council of Ministers in France.

First, the executive spoke of the fight against communitarianism, then of a law against separatism, and finally of a law reinforcing the principles of the Republic.

The stated goal: to fight against radical political Islamism.

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This law, explains Prime Minister Jean Castex, is not against religions and in particular not against Islam, but it is intended to respond to a concern of part of the public after Islamist attacks, and also to fill certain legal loopholes.

Separatism law, political display or real change?

This is the question of the day.

To discuss it

Béligh Nabli

, lecturer in public law at the University of Paris-Est Créteil and co-founder of Chronik, author of numerous books, in particular "

Est

" (Dalloz, 2019)

Henri Pena-Ruiz

, doctor of philosophy and author of the "

" (Plon, 2014) and of "

" (Plon, 2012)

Arnaud Mercier

, Professor of Communication at the French Press Institute (Panthéon Assas University), specialist in political communication and author of the book "

" (CNRS Éditions, 2018).

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• French politics

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• Religion

• Emmanuel Macron

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