This is news that will not please Emmanuel Macron.
While the examination of the bill on separatism - officially baptized "reinforcing the respect for the principles of the Republic" - must be examined from Monday in committee of the National Assembly, two deputies of the Republic in march come from table amendments that could ignite the debates.
Defended by Aurore Bergé and Jean-Baptiste Moreau, they aim, according to our information, to "prohibit the wearing of any conspicuous religious sign by minors in public space", and to "prohibit the wearing of any clothing or clothing which would signify for minors the inferiorization of the woman over the man ".
Specifically in the sights of the two parliamentarians, the ban on the wearing of the veil for little girls, for which Bergé believes that "there should be no taboo".
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Except that for weeks, the President of the Republic has been making it known that he refuses to have to carry this debate within the framework of this bill on which he is betting big for the end of his five-year term.
“It has nothing to do with the text.
The danger is to divert the debate on this question which does not have to be today ”, he again alerted Wednesday during the government seminar.
"We are going to hysterize opinion"
The same evening, during a meeting in Matignon between several ministers around Jean Castex, the concern was also shared by the participants: “The veil is only one element of media and political pollution of the text.
The bill on separatism should not become a bill on the veil for public opinion.
We are going to hysterize opinion, the right and the far right will rush into it, ”the participants expressed in particular, while the amendments had not yet been tabled.
It's been done since Thursday 5 p.m., the deadline for submission.
Contacted by Le Parisien, the MP for Yvelines assumes her choice, even if it means breaking the majority.
“It is unbearable to see a 5 year old girl wearing a veil, and this bill allows us to legislate.
So why don't we follow through with our convictions?
It is our role as legislators to protect the most vulnerable, ”she explains.
