"If I am not in favor of banning the veil, I am also not in favor of promoting it." A few weeks after the question of the wearing of the veil in the public space agitated the debate, Marlene Schiappa, Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, in charge of Equality between women and men and the fight against discrimination, came back to this topic at the microphone of Europe 1, considering in particular that the veil was "not a sign of emancipation."