Name it, act on it, sanction it. That is the focus of a new plan announced on Monday by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to defeat long-standing racism, antisemitism and discrimination of all kinds.
Prime Minister of France Elisabeth Borne addresses the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. That is the focus of a new plan announced on Monday by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne to defeat long-standing racism, antisemitism and discrimination of all kinds.
Arrest warrants will be issued to those who use freedom of expression for racist or anti-Semitic ends."There will be no impunity for hate," Borne said, presenting her plans, including 80 measures, at the Institute of the Arab World."Our first challenge is to look squarely at the reality of racism and antisemitism and cede nothing to those who falsify history, who rewrite our past, forgetting or deforming some pages," Borne added.
Social media and a rising far-right fearful of the disappearance of the nation's Christian roots in an increasingly multi-cultural France have added new dimensions to the fight against racism. Generations of citizens from former colonies in mostly Muslim North Africa and west Africa have over decades given the nation a new face.
Names, addresses and looks have long been a roadblock for people with origins outside France. Regular testing in private and public places of employment will be part of the new anti-discrimination effort, though the exact method is still being devised.
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