Senate commission of inquiry into “threats and attacks against teachers’ recommendations. Commission was created following death of history-geography teacher Samuel Paty.
Report recommends ban on wearing of ostentatious religious symbols outside school hours. Report also recommends improving the training of educational staff in the face of possible challenges to their teaching. Seven out of ten French people express their attachment to secularism, according to a survey commissioned by the Senate on the concept of secularism. Gérard Larcher says he is "favourably surprised" by the French's attachment to the secularism (70% of respondents say they are attached)