Rarely has Emmanuel Macron appeared so serious.
When he presented himself to the National Defense and Security Council, Sunday at 6 p.m., the President of the Republic still seemed marked by the terrible terrorist attack in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (Yvelines).
Two days after the assassination of Samuel Paty, the head of state summoned the main figures of the executive to define a rapid and clear response to the threat.
"The president asked the ministers to act quickly and hard,"
confirms a member of the executive.
“He is calm and determined.
He does not wish only to respond with words but by reaffirming a deep vision
,
”
said a minister.
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Around Emmanuel Macron were notably the Prime Minister Jean Castex, as well as Jean-Yves Le Drian (Foreign Affairs), Jean-Michel Blanquer (National Education), Florence Parly (Armies), Gérald Darmanin (Interior), Éric Dupond- Moretti (Justice), and Marlène Schiappa (Citizenship).
The anti-terrorism public prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard was also among those present.
Together, they questioned the relevance of speeding up or not the timetable for the bill aimed at fighting Islamist separatism.
Supposed to be presented to the Council of Ministers on December 9 - the 115th anniversary of the 1905 law on secularism - the text could finally be brought forward a few weeks, and be the subject of an accelerated parliamentary procedure.
Because Emmanuel Macron considers that the tragic event of Friday confirms the main emergencies that he listed during his speech at Les Mureaux in early October.
"Separatism is indeed a breeding ground for terrorism,"
he ruled in front of his relatives this weekend to justify his determination to act quickly.
"What happened on Friday is precisely what the bill is aimed at"
, support Beauvau.
Separatism is indeed a breeding ground for terrorism.
Emmanuel Macron
Raised against certain associations that he accuses of instrumentalizing the controversial concept of
"Islamophobia"
, the Head of State intends to step up field work so that the Republic comes to reclaim its many lost territories.
Above all, he intends to resume work on online hate.
Four months to the day after the censorship of the Avia law by the Constitutional Council, the President of the Republic considers that the traceability on social networks is part of what he calls the
"holes in the rack"
of the arsenal of which disposes the executive.
"Emmanuel Macron is very annoyed against the Wise Men who have challenged the text"
, confides a source within the executive.
The government is studying how to use the regulatory and legislative elements of the revised bill to better regulate hate content online.
On Monday, the Minister for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa, will meet with investigators from the Pharos platform which reports illegal content on the internet, before a meeting on Tuesday with the French bosses of the Google search engine and Facebook social networks. , Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok.
Responsibility of social networks
In the Conflans-Sainte-Honorine attack,
"social networks have a responsibility, and we must manage to better supervise them,"
pointed out Gabriel Attal, government spokesman, on BFMTV.
"We must imperatively tap on the complacency that exists vis-à-vis online preachers,"
insists the entourage of Marlène Schiappa.
Sunday afternoon, Gérald Darmanin brought together the prefects by videoconference.
The Minister of the Interior issued several instructions, including that of
"expelling those liable to be expelled"
, and to strengthen the security of schools.
Interministerial work is underway with Bercy to better track financial flows between the networks, but also with the Chancellery.
Gabriel Attal also suggested that new arrangements could be made concerning unaccompanied minors.
“From the start of the school year, we need a very strong offensive from the school, that the institution unites. Something specific and historic will be needed
,
”
the government spokesperson also said. According to our information, Jean-Michel Blanquer is working precisely on the educational response to be formulated after this tragedy.
“There will be much more than a minute of silence,
confirms
the Minister of National Education
in
Figaro
.
We are going to work out with the unions the acts and the method of approach to organize the day of the start of the school year, November 2, and ensure that there is no blind spot for the Republic. "
An educational material on freedom of expression could be distributed, perhaps in the form of a film to be shown in the classroom.