(European Conservative) The French Senate just made public the findings of a parliamentary inquiry launched in the wake of the murder of Professor Samuel Paty by an Islamist terrorist. The findings on the state of French schools are alarming and show that the situation has been steadily worsening for several years. The senators have put forward a number of recommendations in an attempt to curb the phenomenon.
After the murder of history teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded by an Islamic terrorist of Chechen origin in October 2020, the committee of inquiry was set up at the request of the teacher’s sister, who felt at the time that nothing had been done by the education system to prevent her brother’s murder. The teacher had been the subject of repeated pressure and threats that had been brought to the attention of the Education Ministry hierarchy, to no avail.
