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Marlène Schiappa: "We are witnessing the return of those who failed"

2021-01-18T20:01:50.918Z


INTERVIEW - The Minister for Citizenship responds to the opposition and considers that “tackling the president does not give credibility points”.


LE FIGARO.

- You present the text against separatism as one of the last major laws of this five-year term.

It aims to fight against Islamism.

However, the amendments on the wearing of the veil for little girls were rejected.

Why put this subject under the rug?

Marlène SCHIAPPA.

- This amendment was ruled inadmissible because unconstitutional by the special committee, but I philosophically agree with Aurore Bergé and Jean-Baptiste Moreau, who carry these amendments.

I don't understand how we can make a 5-year-old girl wear the veil.

But there is a real legal question: if we ban the veil for little girls, do we ban all wearing of religious symbols?

And a real political question: there are 1,700 amendments, all of which are serious, interesting, which we do not talk about.

The subject of the veil is a smokescreen in front of all the others.

Read also:

Separatism: a corseted examination in the Assembly

Which amendments do you support?

I salute the high quality work carried out by the rapporteurs and by the whole

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Source: lefigaro

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