for Edouard Philippe, "the stake" is not "to make a law on school chaperones"

Edouard Philippe has thus endeavored to close a new controversy on the wearing of the Islamic veil by the accompaniers of field trips by reaffirming the primacy of the law. Government and majority have divided in recent days, after the debate born recriminations of an elected National Rally against a mother wearing the veil that accompanied students to the Regional Council of Burgundy-Franche-Comte.

In his response, the prime minister first recalled the law. "You can wear a veil when you accompany a school outing, he explained, but we do not have the right to proselytize. That's the state of the law. " For Edouard Philippe, however, "the challenge" is not there. "The challenge is to fight effectively and with the support of all our fellow citizens the excesses of the community."

Repeating that his priority was to fight against "Islamist radicalization", the Prime Minister detailed the action of the government, particularly in the field of education and schooling: "We have strengthened home control because we know that some are looking to use these plans (from home schooling). (…) And we will not let ourselves go. Fifteen schools were refused permission, 130 checks of out-of-school children were carried out. "