France to launch national pride campaign in battle against Islamic fundamentalism
Will Require Giving Lessons the the Country's "Christian History" and Singing the National Anthem....
France is to adopt a series of measures to 'reaffirm pride' in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism.
They include everybody receiving lessons in the nation's Christian history and children singing the national anthem.
Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups
More..and Socialist opponents, immigration minister Eric Besson also said he wanted 'foreigners to speak better French'.
He called for all recent arrivals to be monitored by 'Republican godfathers', charged with helping immigrants to integrate better.
His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity.
M Besson, who was born in the former French protectorate of Morocco, suggested a debate on national identity' entitled 'What does it mean to be French?'
He also reignited the debate about face and body-covering Muslim veils, saying they should definitely be banned.
As well as providing civic lessons for adults - including classes about the country's Christian history and liberal political institutions - the government will encourage school children to sing the national anthem at least once a year.
His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity and the European Union, while 'God Save The Queen' is not even taught in schools.
In an interview broadcast on national TV, Mr Besson said : 'It's necessary to reaffirm the values of national identity and the pride of being French.
'I think, for example, that it would be good for all young French people to have the chance to sing The Marseillaise at least once a year.'
Making clear that radical Islam was a threat, Mr Besson said: 'In France, the nation and the republic remain the strongest ramparts against ... fundamentalist tendencies. France is diversity, and France is unity.'
Mr Besson defended a decision to send illegal Afghan immigrants - all of them Muslim - back to Kabul on charter flights organised in conjunction with the British government last week, saying there would be many more.
More than 21,000 people have been deported from France this year - with 27,000 the ultimate target, said Mr Besson.
He also reignited the debate about face and body-covering Muslim veils, saying they should definitely be banned.
'For me, there should be no burqas on the street,' said Mr Besson. 'The burqa is against national values - an affront to women's rights and equality.'
Explaining the apparent shift to the extreme right by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, Mr Besson evoked the legacy of Jean Marie Le Pen's anti-immigration National Front party, which is struggling massively with huge debts and low electoral support.
Mr Besson said: 'We should never have abandoned to the National Front a number of values which are part of the Republic's heritage. I think that the political death of the National Front would be the best news for all of us.'
But Mohammed Moussaoui, a prominent French Muslim leader, said debates like the one about the burqa were stigmatising the country's entire Muslim community, which at some five million is the largest in western Europe.
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Added: Oct 28 2009 In: news_politics
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yea, go france! if the *******s dont like it, tough shit!
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "easyrob33" (R)
Soon the US will unite against progressives. Hope they don't destroy the Country first.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "djwulff" (R)
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "smyle" (R)
I wonder how many Frenchmen will die?? Well, at least they can pay other people to fight their wars for them..
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "Maxisminion" (R)
Viva la France! The French went to revolution for less, and after 200 years, the message hasn't been forgotten. France is the flip-side of the USA, since the government fears the people, instead of the reverse. The foreign rabble was allowed in only by the graciousness of the French people, as they have been in the rest of Western Europe, and they have now become too problematic. The steps the French intend to take are sorely overdue - since if foreigners don't want to live in France and abide by the rules, they are welcome to stay exactly where they are.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "Beinrich_Bimmler" (R)
Britain, France, The Netherlands, Sweden. Lots of European countries are ****ed up from multiculturalism.
Get it sorted out already. I don't my country going down the same path.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "mac02" (R)
Once again, "Go France!" Second time in 24 hours.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "FlibbleDeeFlobble" (R)
Teach culture. Not consumerism. Problem solved.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "gregory_peckory" (R)
If a governemnt needs to launch a national pride campaign, you know such a country has no pride whatsoever.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "Vitali_85" (R)
Well done France :)
Come on England show some BALLS and follow suit
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "hunteruk" (R)
It's a good start but imo if you really want to boost French national pride kick out all the non-French!
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "sins07" (R)
'progressives' will talk about the excessive brute force being used by the French "knuckle dragger" storm troopers and defend the rights of "the youth" to burn auto's owned by "non youths".
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "Airedale" (R)
NM, just read the article
"More than 21,000 people have been deported from France this year - with 27,000 the ultimate target, said Mr Besson."
Well done France!
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "sins07" (R)
France is way high on the ladder of respect!
France set the bar now everyone else has to set a higher example.
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "laserblast92" (R)
Viv La France ! They do remember . How could anyone ever forget ! Stop this faschist , commie takeover NOW !
Posted Oct-28-2009 by "monkeyboy61" (R)