Since the beheading of Samuel Paty, the question is no longer taboo and the debate is open.
Is our rule of law suited to the Islamist threat and the migration challenge?
Can we modify the latter without calling into question the balance of our institutions and the fundamental principles of our democracy?
For some, starting with the Keeper of the Seals, the rule of law is intangible and sacred.
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Marcel Gauchet: "Return to its rightful place the rule of law in relation to popular sovereignty"
"What distinguishes civilization from barbarism is the rule of law,"
explains Eric Dupond-Moretti, "
breaking free from it, under the influence of emotion, would mean that the terrorists have won."
For others, like Jean-Éric Schoettl and Manuel Valls, interviewed in our columns, the rule of law can and must evolve.
The former secretary general of the Constitutional Council invites us to
"prepare to 'overturn the table' by modifying the Constitution and by denouncing, renegotiating or unilaterally suspending certain of our European commitments in the name of the best interests of the country"
.
"A law changes,
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