After the Nice attack, which killed three people, many politicians advocate an extremely firm response to Islamization.
On the contrary, terrorism specialist Anne Giudicelli calls on Europe 1 not to "lose a little of our soul in terms of the rule of law".
ANALYSIS
The Nice attack, perpetrated Thursday in the Notre-Dame de l'Assomption basilica, prompted a large part of the political class to demand a strengthening of the law to fight terrorism.
Among Les Républicains and the Rassemblement national, martial rhetoric is increasing, calling in particular for freedom from the rule of law in this context of extremely strong threat.
These positions would not be the most relevant for the fight against terrorism, according to Anne Giudicelli, specialist in the Arab world and founder of the Terr (o) risc agency, guest of Europe 1 Friday morning.
Risk of democratic decline
Shortly after the attack, the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, declared that "it is now time for France to exonerate itself from the laws of peace to definitively destroy the Islamo-fascism of our territory".
For Anne Giudicelli, "we risk contributing to achieve the ends of those who attack us by precisely not only dividing society, but by losing a little of our soul in terms of the rule of law and freedom" with these calls for a exceptional justice.
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"Initially, it is indeed freedom of expression with the republication of cartoons, we are therefore within a framework of a State of law and a Republic," continues the specialist.
"Why not instead reinforce our values by a pragmatic approach, rather than further hysterizing and lifting an additional lock, which is that of backing off from these attacks by stepping back on our democratic system?"
Appeasement with religious communities
Instead of beefing up the response to certain countries in the Arab-Muslim world which attack France for the republication of the prophet's caricatures, such as Turkey, Anne Giudicelli advocates a more constructive dialogue: "Our greatness would be to try to appease the situation with the diverse and varied religious communities, with a real diplomatic pedagogy ", she believes, favorable to the objective of" to mitigate the consequences left by the various actions and remarks made here, which were again misunderstood or instrumentalized there ".
Finally, the founder of Terr (o) risc calls for a change in the attitude of the various political leaders about the attacks: "They are the instrumentalized criminals themselves (who are responsible for) the atrocity of this violence when it is expressed on our soil. It is not Muslims who strike. This is what must be hammered out in France and internationally. "