French President Emmanuel Macaron warned that political Islam is a threat that seeks to isolate the French Republic. This came in the context of statements made to respond to the demands of protesters yellow jackets.
At a news conference on Thursday to comment on the results of the national dialogue held in recent weeks, President McCron reflected a tough line on immigration and political Islam.
He said that he had asked his government not to show solidarity with Islamic movements and to prevent them from obtaining any funding from abroad.
The French president has adopted a tougher line on immigration and said he firmly believes in the right to seek asylum. "But in order to receive people, you have to have a home."
He said that the search for tougher border control measures and greater burden sharing brought by migration among all EU member states would be "the second biggest battle in Europe" after climate change.
For her part, Priscilla Ludowski, a prominent figure in the Yellow Jackets movement, criticized many of the things Macaron announced and called for more protests across the country.
McCron also criticized the fact that violent extremists had taken control of the protest movement. "There is no word about the wounded, or about the attacks committed by the security forces," she said.