Bruno Le Maire "considers that the Islamic veil is not the desirable future of French culture and society"

"I consider that the Islamic veil is not the desirable future of French culture and society", commented Sonia Mabrouk's microphone, on Europe 1, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, while estimating that "we did not necessarily need a law" in this area.

"What is at stake is our culture: rather than a law, every citizen has to reaffirm this culture, and the French culture is equality between women and men. of expression ", insists Bruno Le Maire. "The desirable future of French culture and society is the strict equality between women and men, it is the face discovered, the face with which you speak, with which you discuss, with which you present is the refusal of any sign that could present a difference in level between women and men.

The "lines of force" of French culture

"French culture is an extremely complex set, but in which there are lines of force that are not negotiable," continues Bruno Le Maire. "Gender equality is not negotiable, freedom of expression is not negotiable, nor respect for our history and memory," he concludes.

The debate on the wearing of the Islamic veil in the public space was put back on the scene Friday, after the outcry provoked by the elected National Rally Julien Odoul, who posted on the social networks a video in which we see, in full session of the Regional Council of Burgundy-France-County, urge a school attendant to remove his veil. "You can wear a veil when you accompany a school outing but you do not have the right to proselytize and the authorities can and must intervene if this is the case", for his part reminded Edouard Philippe Tuesday, before MPs.