Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin launched the second session of the Forum for Islam in France (Forif) He encouraged Forif to structure itself as a federation and to work towards an “ imam status” The minister also expressed his desire to move forward on the issue of confessional squares in cemeteries. The Forif was launched in February 2022 in the wake of Emmanuel Macron's speech at Les Mureaux, where he outlined his policy against radical Islam in 2020.