Manuel Valls welcomes in an interview with the
Journal du Dimanche
the future bill against "
separatism
", warning in passing against a form of naivety in the face of Islamism.
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“
We must obviously fight against all separatism, on condition that we name them correctly, but let's not be naive: the real subject is the battle against Islamism, political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafists.
We must take back in hand the lost territories of the Republic
”, explained to the
JDD
the former socialist prime minister.
The fight against "
separatism
", especially Islamist, must be the subject of a government bill this fall or early winter.
“
There is always this fear of stigmatizing, in quotes, part of the French population.
But there is also, often, naivety in the face of the progression of political Islam, in the face of the excesses of communitarianism, in the face of the blindness of the National Education
", assures Manuel Valls, who calls for" to
help Muslims of France, because the battle is also that of Islam against Islamism.
"
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According to him, the "
first emergency
" is the "
remobilization of the republican and secular camp
", because "
the large associations of popular education, in particular on the left, have failed: the League of education, the League of rights of the man ... Only the Licra saved the honor.
We must re-mobilize society through parties, unions, associations, think tanks, around the Republic and secularism.
""
I hope that this new law will not be postponed, that there will be no renunciation
", he insists:"
It would be a very bad sign.
"