"
We are under attack because we are a democracy, a large secular republic and because we respect the rule of law."
The tone is set and the enemy clearly designated,
"it is Islamism, political Islam, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafists"
, hammered Manuel Valls Friday on the set of "Talk
Le Figaro
".
Very committed to the fight against Islamist terrorism when he was at the helm of the government and the Ministry of the Interior, Manuel Valls welcomed the speech of Mureaux and the words of the President of the Republic after the assassination of Samuel Paty.
He also underlined the commitment of Gérald Darmanin, recalling that
"In a government determined to fight terrorism, it is the Minister of the Interior who is on the front line"
.
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If the intentions of the executive are clear and displayed, the former prime minister is sounding the tocsin:
"We are at war and this war will be long, difficult, murderous," he
anticipates.
"We may know of other attacks."
We must therefore give ourselves the means to win it,
"eradicate Islamism, not be naive and abandon any idea of pacifism, as Élisabeth Badinter says very well"
, he thunders.
"If we attack the Muslim Brotherhood, it takes on a global dimension
,
" he
adds.
"Laws can change
"
To hunt down Islamism,
"we must change our law"
, judges the former Minister of the Interior,
"and we did it"
, he said, recalling the whole arsenal of laws presented since 2012 to the following the attacks perpetrated by Mohamed Merah.
In order to hunt down Islamism, fight the Muslim Brotherhood, dissolve associations, expel preachers of hatred, close mosques,
"European treaties are renegotiated, a Constitution is revised, laws can change"
, insists the former socialist.
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Should we attack the 1901 laws on freedom of association, 1905 on the separation of church and state and the Constitution?
"Let us already apply the existing tools firmly and resolutely"
, he says, recalling the various laws available.
Should we go further?
"Yes if it is necessary and without taboos"
, but
"let's do it methodically, in unity"
, encourages Valls.
If we were to change the Constitution, we would need joint work between majority and opposition and between National Assembly and Senate.
"If we were to change the Constitution
,
we would need joint work between the majority and the opposition and between the National Assembly and the Senate."
If in general, the former head of government says he is in favor of
"strengthening all the elements that recall secularism in our Constitution"
, beyond the texts, he militates above all for
"solid legal tools"
.
Within the framework of the school, he pleads for the prohibition of the veiled school accompanists.
Manuel Valls adds:
“This debate is not between Islam and society, it is a deep debate within Islam itself (…), a fight, almost a war within this cult.
We must protect Muslims from Islamism, which seeks
to
take them hostage
.
"
No doubt for him:
" everyone must be clear.
It is a frontal debate (…) of major cultural, ideological and intellectual significance ”.
“It will be long and difficult,”
he concludes.