Paris (AFP)
Ian Brossat, spokesman for the PCF, accused Monday Emmanuel Macron of "diverting the debate" by "political tactics", by putting forward during his trip Tuesday in Mulhouse the fight against communitarianism, in the middle of the municipal campaign.
"There is a form of temptation of the President of the Republic to divert the debate and to avoid talking about the social question", criticized on Public Senate the assistant to the Housing of the town hall of Paris, which appears on the list by Anne Hidalgo for the municipal election.
"It is an old technique, Nicolas Sarkozy was doing exactly the same thing," he added, warning against a debate that has become "incandescent".
According to him, "the best way to fight against communitarianism is not to permanently ban but to include", calling for "the return of the state and the return of public service" in working-class neighborhoods.
Emmanuel Macron is expected Tuesday in Mulhouse (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.
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.
Declaring to see "too many divisions in the name of origins, religions", the head of state had by presenting his wishes on December 31 said his will to "fight with determination against the forces which undermine national unity", because " 2020 must open the decade of rediscovered unity of the nation. "
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