ON THE JDD
The president of the region Hauts-de-France Xavier Bertrand (ex-LR) called on the head of state to "change" in the face of "political Islam", warning in the JDD against risks of "confrontation". "I call for a republican offensive" against "Islamism that gangrenous our country," said Bertrand in the Sunday Journal, for whom "political Islam is a major threat that calls into question the foundations of our society".
"But this has clearly not been the priority of Emmanuel Macron until then," said Bertrand, according to which "we lost two years." Emmanuel Macron had called Tuesday "the whole Nation" to "block" to fight "Islamist hydra", during a tribute to the four officials killed by one of their colleagues in the prefecture of Paris.
"We need a war budget"
For Xavier Bertrand, "until this week" the head of state "did not measure how serious the situation is and that fundamentalists have a clear strategy: to provoke a war of civilizations". But "we are at war, Mr. President, so we must change," said Bertrand, who refuses "like Manuel Valls" the "principle of social excuse." "We are at war against Islamist terrorism, he a war budget is needed, "he added, criticizing the government's" contradictions, "" weakness, "and" unconsciousness. "
A year after Gérard Collomb's remarks - "we live side by side, I fear that tomorrow we will not live face to face" in neighborhoods - Mr. Bertrand regretted that the former Minister of the Interior did not took "steps to avoid this face-to-face". "One day, people will not be able to stop bowing their head on their way home.Clashes are scheduled if we do not act very firmly and resolutely," he warned.
Among the solutions, Mr. Bertrand raised the idea of "technically blocking" hate content on the Internet, or even "a fine that can amount to several million" for platforms refusing to act. "It will complement the Constitution" to clarify that the parties "must respect, also, the principle of secularism," said Bertrand, in favor of the idea of prohibiting lists communalists.