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"Separatisms" or "radical Islamism": the majority struggles to name the opponent

2020-10-02T08:00:16.080Z


Ministers and executives of the majority take tweezers not to give the impression of stigmatizing Islam.This is called walking on eggshells. Members of the government and some cadres of the majority are struggling to define the future bill on separatism. Emmanuel Macron must outline it this Friday, October 2 during a speech from Les Mureaux (78). A text will then be presented to the Council of Ministers by the end of the year, and be examined in early 2021 in Parliament. When some assume that it is


This is called walking on eggshells.

Members of the government and some cadres of the majority are struggling to define the future bill on separatism.

Emmanuel Macron must outline it this Friday, October 2 during a speech from Les Mureaux (78).

A text will then be presented to the Council of Ministers by the end of the year, and be examined in early 2021 in Parliament.

When some assume that it is a question of targeting

"radical Islamism"

, others take more tweezers to avoid giving the impression of stigmatizing Islam.

The result is a nice mess.

To read also: Law on separatism: the Muslims of Tourcoing between mistrust and resentment

"White supremacists"

Invited to the Public Senate, Stanislas Guerini, delegate general of La République en Marche and deputy for Paris, for example insisted on ensuring that the text did not target

"only Islamism"

.

"There are other trends, I am thinking for example of white supremacists"

, he stressed, while approving the term

"separatism"

.

"This is the right word because it touches all those who have a project of secession in relation to the laws of the Republic",

affirmed Stanislas Guerini.

Ten minutes later, on Europe 1, Marlène Schiappa, the Minister responsible for Citizenship, had a much sharper opinion.

“We can bring up the question of the white supremacist.

Recently, an attack was foiled by the security services in France, ”

she recalled.

Before saying:

“But we are very clear.

The main threat is that of Islamism, of radical Islam, ”

indicated Marlène Schiappa, assuring that the bill would serve to

“ fill in the gray areas and provide answers ”

.

For Darmanin, radical Islamists are "the main separatists"

Last week on France Inter, Gérald Darmanin had already tried to play the balancing act by asserting that the individuals targeted were “

Islamist terrorists, radical Islamists, but also other people

”, also citing “

white supremacists

”.

"I can

no longer count the moments when I was shown investigations where there was, for example, a white supremacist with weapons who was going to commit attacks,

" he lamented.

According to him, the

"main separatists"

remained however the

"radical Islamists"

.

In the meantime, 76% of French people said they were in favor of the bill in early September, according to an Odoxa-Dentsu Consulting poll for

Le Figaro

and France Info.

The project was even consensus among all partisan tendencies, even those of the left.

68% of rebels, 77% of socialists and 78% of ecologists approved of Emmanuel Macron's company.

»SEE ALSO -

Separatism: the majority divided on the question of radical Islam

Source: lefigaro

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