INTERVIEW
During his trip to Mulhouse on Tuesday, Emmanuel Macron unveiled the first measures of his action plan against "Islamist separatism". In particular, he wants to gradually put an end to "seconded imams" sent to France by other countries. Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region and founder of the Mouvement Libres!, Was the guest of Sonia Mabrouk on Europe 1 Wednesday. She who has implemented a charter for secularism in her region considers that the President of the Republic has obscured the question of secularism, which is nevertheless central to the fight against political Islamism.
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"Insufficient remedies"
"I believe that there is a beginning of awareness but I also believe that the diagnosis of the President of the Republic is largely incomplete," said Valérie Pécresse on Europe 1. "So the remedies he offers are insufficient" she continues. "The threat is Islamism: when we believe that religious law is above the law of the Republic," she explains.
"The objective is not only separatism, but there is also an objective of taking power, it is political Islam", affirms the President of the Île-de-France region. "They do entrism on all floors, proselytism, in sports clubs, in schools, in prisons, in hospitals, in associations and tomorrow on the municipal lists", worries the elected official.
Fight against all aspects of Islamism
Valérie Pécresse therefore considers that it is necessary to fight against all aspects of Islamism and "not just a small part which would be the withdrawal of the community", reproaching Emmanuel Macron for leaving aside secularism. "He sweeps the issue of secularism with the back of his hand, I believe that it must be reaffirmed as a republican pillar in the fight against Islamism," she said.
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