Emmanuel Macron, Friday October 16 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine -

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  • The beheading of Samuel Paty, professor at Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, aroused a lot of emotion in the country.

  • Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced swift measures to fight radical Islamism.

  • Under pressure, the President of the Republic is forced to accelerate, just fifteen days after unveiling the bill against separatism, which will be presented to the Council of Ministers on December 9.

“Islamists must not be able to sleep peacefully in our country.

"After the beheading of Professor Samuel Paty in the Yvelines on Friday, Emmanuel Macron hardened his tone.

The Head of State announced at the end of a Defense Council on Sunday evening an "action plan" this week against "structures, associations or people close to radicalized circles".

Under pressure, the President of the Republic promises to provide political answers, just fifteen days after unveiling the bill against separatism, which will be presented to the Council of Ministers on December 9.

The executive put under pressure by the opposition

The executive wants to accelerate to respond to the emotion felt in the country and counter the attacks of the opposition.

On France 2, this Monday, the boss of senators LR Bruno Retailleau accused Emmanuel Macron of not "waging [the] war" against Islamism, the day when many officials in his political family unrolled a battery of measures on the topic.

Xavier Bertrand, the boss of the Hauts-de-France region, for his part denounced an "outdated" speech by the Head of State, calling for "new legal sanctions for those who attack the principle of secularism and the values ​​of the Republic ”.

At the same time, Marine Le Pen called for “war legislation” against radical Islamism, when Jean-Luc Mélenchon called for “effective repression where there is evil”.

“We are not discovering anything about radicalization today.

Several laws have also been voted since the start of the five-year term, ”we note at the Elysee.

“But faced with the threat, the president asked the ministers to provide new, concrete, rapid solutions to complete the text presented on December 9.

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Updates to the law on separatism and a return to the Avia law?

Friday's terrorist act forced the government to "update" the text.

In the media, the ministers concerned are multiplying.

Gérald Darmanin confirmed wanting to dissolve several associations, including the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF), this Monday morning on Europe 1. “These associations are accused of being propagators of separatism, of preaching that Islam is superior to the laws of the Republic.

This speech is not acceptable, ”explains Beauvau, specifying that a decree will be taken on Wednesday in the Council of Ministers.

The Minister of the Interior, who will also be the guest of TF1's news this Monday evening, has also confirmed the upcoming expulsion of 231 illegal aliens on file for radicalization, a measure he had already announced on October 13.

I am going to propose the dissolution of CCIF and BarakaCity, associations which are enemies of the Republic.


We must stop being naive and face the truth: there is no possible accommodation with radical Islamism.

Any compromise is a compromise.

# Europe1

- Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) October 19, 2020

In parallel, Marlène Schiappa went on Monday to the sub-directorate for the fight against cybercrime, which houses the Pharos reporting platform.

It is this service, set up in 2009 and often criticized for its lack of resources, which identified the 80 messages of support for the assassination of the history and geography professor.

The Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship will also receive Tuesday morning the France leaders of Facebook, Twitter, Google (for YouTube), TikTok and Snapchat, often accused of not doing enough against hate speech online.

And in this context, the Avia law, dezinced in June by the Constitutional Council, is back in force in the majority.

“This is the big blind spot of the bill against separatism.

The censorship of the Constitutional Council has deprived us of the tools to fight online hatred.

However, this is the heart of the matter, as we have seen, since a fatwa was launched online against the murdered teacher.

It is up to us to work on the text so that it can be included in the future law, ”says LREM deputy from Isère, Caroline Abadie.

"The Avia bill can be a line of work," we say cautiously within the executive, probably anxious to avoid further disappointment.

The first tracks could be announced Wednesday after the Council of Ministers.

The same day, at the beginning of the evening, a national tribute ceremony to Samuel Paty will take place in the courtyard of the Sorbonne.

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