The former Prime Minister Manuel Valls calls for a "
jump
" against Islamism which he considers "
the enemy and the challenge of the beginning of the century
", after the attack with the chopper which left two injured in front of the former
Charlie Hebdo
premises
in Paris on Friday September 25.
Read also: From al-Qaida to Daesh, France remains in the sights of radical Islamism
“
It is the whole of French society that is placed by the jihadists as a priority target, and in particular those who embody the fight against political Islam.
It is intolerable and it requires a start,
”said Manuel Valls in an interview with the Parisian in his edition dated Sunday.
"
We must clearly designate Islamism as the enemy and the challenge of the beginning of the century,
" adds the one who, as the former prime minister of François Hollande, experienced the jihadist attacks which plagued France from 2015.
“
Society has relaxed, we have become accustomed to violence or virulent anti-Semitism on the networks.
I call for a change of mindset.
The enemy must be clearly designated: it is Islamism, Salafism, the Muslim Brotherhood, this political Islam which is a new fascism
”, underlines Manuel Valls.
This calls for a "
remobilization of the republican and secular camp
" while a bill is looming against "
separatism
", promised by the executive.
To read also: Separatism: "The embarrassment" of the government
"
We must stop apologizing for being French and a Republican,
" argues the former candidate for the Socialist primary for the 2017 presidential election, once again denouncing the "
two irreconcilable lefts
".
Manuel Valls believes that Emmanuel Macron has changed on the subject and that he is now "
far from this liberal libertarian discourse which was his before
".
He again calls for the prohibition of Salafism and wishes to re-base the debate on the prohibition of ostentatious religious symbols at the university and for those accompanying school trips.
