Aurore Bergé at the National Assembly, October 15, 2019. -

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The amendments to the bill against separatism aimed at banning the wearing of the veil for girls were ruled inadmissible by the special committee, their authors took note on Sunday, LREM deputies Aurore Bergé and Jean-Baptiste Moreau.

A strong marker of the Macron five-year term, this project, which touches on ultra-sensitive subjects and on which more than 1,700 amendments have been tabled, arrives in committee in the Assembly on Monday, against a backdrop of the fight against radical Islamism.

“We knew there was a risk that our amendments could not be considered.

This will be the case since they were declared inadmissible by the special committee because they have no direct legal relationship with the bill, ”wrote the two parliamentarians in a joint statement.

And to add: "But this debate existed legitimately in public opinion and we are proud to have carried it.

We will continue to do so as it seems essential to us that the Republic is everywhere and for everyone.

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"This bill is not necessarily the right legislative vehicle"

The chairman of the special commission François de Rugy considers the amendments “inadmissible in the bill.

So these amendments will not appear in the bill ”, confirmed on LCI the Minister for Citizenship Marlène Schiappa, considering that“ this bill is not necessarily the right legislative vehicle ”.

Nevertheless, she judged that the subject was "of importance" and that it should "at one time be addressed", praising the "coherence" of Aurore Bergé's commitment.

“She has been defending women's rights and fighting Islamism for a long time,” she said.

With the rejection of these amendments, “the government shows, once again, that beyond words, it has no will to fight against Islamist cancer.

When will he stop pretending?

", Immediately reacted on Twitter the president of the National Rally Marine Le Pen who had said earlier on BFMTV to support these amendments.

Judging the text of the government "ineffective", she also affirmed that she would propose "a counter-project", a "bill of fight against Islamism" in order to counter "the Islamist ideology" that she has. described as "totalitarian and murderous".

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