"Separatism": the rights ready to fight in the Assembly
The bill against separatism will be considered in the National Assembly from February 1, 2020. AP - Gonzalo Fuentes
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The National Assembly begins this Monday the first act of the examination of the bill "reinforcing the respect of the republican principles".
First seduced and then disappointed, the right and the far right want to go further.
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It will undoubtedly be one of the last great texts of the five-year Macron.
Supposed to translate his speech at the Mureaux, where the Head of State presented his strategy to fight against radical Islam, the bill "consolidating respect for republican principles" enters the arena of the Palais Bourbon.
In a country where secularism is at the heart of tensions, and even if the prospect of a new reconfinement crushes all the news, the subject is potentially very sensitive.
The bill provides for a battery of often “technical” measures on the neutrality of the public service, the fight against online hatred, family education, reinforced control of associations, better transparency of religions and their funding, and again the fight against virginity certificates, polygamy or forced marriages.
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But why is no measure addressing the issue of the veil?"
“Pierre-Henri Dumont gets angry.
Like many on the right, the deputy Les Républicains (LR) was rather seduced by the speech of Emmanuel Macron at Les Mureaux.
But the legislative translation is null, regrets the elected official today.
To make their voice heard, the LR therefore intends to fight in the hemicycle, with their 100 deputies.
In their viewfinder, the lack of flagship measure.
To remedy this, an LR counter-project will be presented on Tuesday.
In particular, it could extend the ban on wearing the veil to school guides or university.
Le Pen wants to ban the wearing of the veil in the street
Marine Le Pen also regrets that the spirit of the Mureaux speech is not reflected in the text.
In a bill presented on Friday, this time, the president of the National Rally goes much further.
She claims to want to ban Islamist ideology and the wearing of the veil in the street.
To those who point to the risk of overbidding, she replies 15 months before the presidential election that the Islamist offensive is the world war of the 21st century.
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