France: a bill on "separatism" presented in December
This Friday, October 2, President Macron gave a speech on separatism at Les Mureaux, in the Paris suburbs.
Ludovic Marin / Pool via REUTERS
Text by: RFI Follow
2 min
France must "tackle Islamist separatism" declared the French president this Friday morning during a speech in Les Mureaux, a so-called sensitive suburb of the Paris region.
To do this, a bill to fight separatism will be presented on December 9 in the Council of Ministers, announced Emmanuel Macron.
Publicity
Read more
The subject is firm and without appeal.
France must “
attack Islamist separatism
”, a “
conscious project
” which aims to “
create a parallel order
” and “
deny the Republic
”, declared the President of the Republic at the opening of his speech.
LIVE |
The Republic in action: follow the speech and the press conference of the President @EmmanuelMacron from Les Mureaux.https: //t.co/2vZW6cOjJQ
Elysee (@Elysee) October 2, 2020
►
To read also
: Why Emmanuel Macron wants to tackle “Islamist separatism”
"
There is in this radical Islamism (...) a claimed desire to display a methodical organization to contravene the laws of the Republic and create a parallel order of other values, to develop another organization of society
", added Emmanuel Macron, also estimating that Islam is "
a religion which is living in crisis today everywhere in the world
".
"
The Republic in action
"
"
The Minister of the Interior (Gérald Darmanin) and his deputy minister (Marlène Schiappa) will present on December 9 in the Council of Ministers a bill which 115 years after the final adoption of the law of 1905 will aim to strengthen secularism , to consolidate the republican principles
”, affirmed the French president.
Newsletter
Receive all the international news directly in your mailbox
I subscribe
Follow all the international news by downloading the RFI application
google-play-badge_FR
France
Religion
Islam
Emmanuel Macron