Emmanuel Macron is expected Tuesday in Mulhouse, in the Haut-Rhin, to start presenting the strategy to fight against communitarianism and "separatism" in the Republic, a dossier politically sensitive to the approach of the municipal authorities.
In a working-class district
The Head of State will visit the popular district of Bourtzwiller, where he will take stock during a lunch with the police before holding a round table with representatives of social associations, cultural, religious or sporting, active locally, told AFP those around him. He will make a statement at the end of this trip, where he will be accompanied by the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner, the Secretary of State Laurent Nunez, Gabriel Attal (Youth) and Roxana Maracineanu (Sports).
Emmanuel Macron should make a second trip the following week on the plan which "is intended to deploy after the municipal elections" of March 15 and 22, according to the same source. Many departments continue to work on it and all the measures have not yet been arbitrated.
A priority safety zone
Declaring seeing "too many divisions in the name of origins, religions", the Head of State had assured, by presenting his wishes on December 31, want to "fight with determination against the forces that undermine national unity", because " 2020 must open the decade of rediscovered unity of the nation. " The government's strategy is based on two pillars: "the fight against communitarianism, Islamist separatism and radicalism" as well as "strengthening the anchoring in the Republic in the districts which need it", in particular in terms of services public.
Populated by more than 15,000 inhabitants, Bourtzwiller was chosen for this trip because it "is part of these areas of republican reconquest" after being classified in 2012 as a priority security zone.