The sanction by the Constitutional Council of the Avia law against hate content on the Internet was immediately hailed by the parliamentary right as a victory for "freedom of expression" .
In the Senate, on the initiative of their president Bruno Retailleau, The Republicans had led the battle against this text by asking the Wise Men to judge it contrary to the Constitution on many points, detailed in about fifteen pages. “By sanctioning article 1, the Constitutional Council beheaded this law. Nothing remains. It is a victory for all lovers of freedom, " rejoiced Retailleau, saying he was " proud " to have been " at the forefront of this fight " . For him, this decision also contains a message to his own political family."This should remind us that the defense and promotion of freedom have been our ideological foundation and the mark of European and Western thought for three centuries. And this heritage, we must defend it against and
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