- Asked about the fight against "Islamist separatism", the Minister of Education pointed to the cities of the North: Maubeuge and Roubaix.
- The deputy (LREM) for the North, Christophe di Pompeo, accused Jean-Michel Blanquer of "stigmatizing a territory and its inhabitants".
He judges that the Minister of Education "borders on irresponsibility". The deputy (LREM) of the North, Christophe di Pompeo, accused, on Monday, Jean-Michel Blanquer of "stigmatizing a territory and its inhabitants" after his remarks on a supposed Islamist separatism "visible" in Maubeuge or Roubaix.
Asked Wednesday about France info on the fight against "Islamist separatism" and particularly on the districts where religious law would have replaced republican law, the Minister of Education pointed to the cities of North, Maubeuge and Roubaix, or Garges- lès-Gonesse, in Val-d'Oise.
"Your statement stigmatizes a territory"
"These are places where some have somehow taken power in the street (...) and it shows, just go," said Jean-Michel Blanquer, triggering the ire of many residents and local elected officials on social media.
"Let me tell you that your statement is not up to what we expect from you as Minister of the Republic", regrets the majority deputy Christophe di Pompeo, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Education.
"Islamist separatism": "It has been a reality for a number of years, says Jean-Michel Blanquer. It is a phenomenon that has increased (...) I sometimes go to certain cities where it shows. " pic.twitter.com/HViLb0ilUA
- franceinfo (@franceinfo) February 19, 2020"By choosing to attack separatism, the President of the Republic has targeted an anti-republican practice without questioning all those who respect the laws of the Republic (…) Your statement is quite different and goes against the will which is ours: it stigmatizes a territory, a city and its inhabitants, ”criticizes the former elected PS.
“Peremptory cookie-cutter judgments”
This declaration “feeds (…) discriminatory and populist discourses which are on the rise. In the midst of a democratic debate, it is bordering on irresponsibility, ”says MP LREM.
“The population of Maubeuge, a former industrial basin, was built as one builds a river: fed by streams that have poured over the eras of the Poles, the Spanish, the Italians, the Portuguese, the Algerians, the Moroccans who have come to lend helping French workers (...) We live well in Maubeuge, Maubeugeois are fraternal, open and intelligent people. Come and visit them and, please, don't speak without knowing! ", He adds.
"This is exactly the type of remarks that national political leaders should avoid having", had already ruled, on Friday, on BFM Grand-Lille the mayor of Roubaix, Guillaume Delbar (ex-LR), regretting "peremptory judgments with a cookie cutter ”.
UDI mayor of Maubeuge, Arnaud Decagny, invited the minister to come to his city to see "that there are no lawless areas".
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