Valérie Pécresse – Eye on Islamism

Site of Hyper Cacher massacre set on fire in suspected arson 'This act of vandalism, just months after the attack’s tenth anniversary, is yet another reminder of the persistent threats Jewish communities face,' the EJC said on X.

March 20, 2025 Michael Starr

(Jerusalem Post) The supermarket that was the site of the 2015 Hyper Cacher massacre was set on fire in an arson on Wednesday night, according to French political leaders. Paris 20th arrondissement Mayor Éric Pliez said on Instagram that the arsonist’s motives […]

French journalist stripped of award over Israel comments

December 11, 2023 Unlisted Author

(AFP) The Paris region has stripped a French journalist and anti-Islamism activist of an award after she shared a controversial post comparing Israel’s bombardment of Gaza to the Holocaust. Zineb El Rhazoui was in 2019 awarded the Simone Veil prize, named after […]

‘Francocide’: New French far-right term enters language battle

June 16, 2023 Adam Plowright

(AFP) When an Algerian woman with mental health problems killed a 12-year-old child in Paris last year, far-right idealogue Eric Zemmour wasted no time in labelling the crime a “francocide.” After a Syrian refugee stabbed four children and two adults at a […]

Anti-Islam rhetoric in French election risks ‘spiral of hatred,’ says Paris mosque rector (LINK ONLY)

March 27, 2022 EoI News

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French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse denounces antisemitism on 10th anniversary of deadly attack at Toulouse Jewish school

March 18, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Algemeiner) French presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse on Friday visited the Jewish school in [the] southern city of Toulouse that 10 years ago was [the] site of a deadly Islamist terror attack that took the lives of a teacher and three small children. […]

French barrister fights for right to wear her hijab in court

February 23, 2022 Layli Foroudi

(Reuters) French lawyer Sarah Asmeta wears a hijab at work but that means she is banned by her local Bar Council from representing clients in the courtroom. She has been fighting to overturn that rule. Next Wednesday, France’s highest court is due […]

EU states and Macron throw up obstacles to easing Channel migrant crisis (LINK ONLY)

February 18, 2022 EoI News

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French lawyer attacks EU over poster featuring Muslim woman Social media outburst puts France’s treatment of its minority Muslim population — the largest in Europe — back in the spotlight.

February 11, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Al-Jazeera) A French lawyer has criticised the European Union over an advertisement for its Conference on the Future of Europe event featuring a hijab-wearing Muslim woman. Thibault de Montbrial, an adviser to France’s centre-right presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse, said the use of […]

French minister condemns headscarf ban for Muslim footballers

February 10, 2022 Unlisted Author

(AFP) France’s gender equality minister threw her support on Thursday behind Muslim women footballers who are seeking to overturn a ban on players wearing headscarves on the pitch. Rules set by the French Football Federation currently prevent players taking part in competitive […]

French Muslims uneasy as Islam takes centre stage in election

February 9, 2022 Joris Fioriti and Cecile Feuillatre

(AFP) The role of Islam in French society has emerged as a key battleground in the presidential election campaign, leaving many French Muslims uneasy over the bursts of rhetoric against the nation’s largest religious minority. Far-right candidates Marine Le Pen of the […]

Macron takes aim at migration with eye on French election

February 2, 2022 Sylvie Corbet

(AP) French President Emmanuel Macron is taking aim at migration — a core issue in the country’s presidential campaign — by pushing to strengthen the European Union’s external borders against people illegally entering the bloc’s passport-free area. Macron is expected to run […]

French journalist, 34, is given police guard over her report on radical Islam in town where shops sell faceless dolls (LINK ONLY)

January 31, 2022 EoI News

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French far-right hopeful Zemmour convicted of hate speech

January 17, 2022 Unlisted Author

(AFP) A French court on Monday found far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour guilty of racist hate speech for a televised tirade against unaccompanied child migrants. Zemmour drew widespread [outrage] in September 2020 when he told the CNews channel that child migrants were […]

Macron rival Pecresse slams EU’s ‘sieve-like’ borders

January 15, 2022 Claire Gallen

(AFP) French right-wing presidential hopeful Valerie Pecresse on Saturday slammed the EU’s “sieve-like” borders for allowing migrants to enter undetected and backed calls for barbed-wire fences to prevent them crossing illegally into the bloc. Pecresse, whom polls show as President Emmanuel Macron’s […]

French presidential candidate says strong EU borders needed

January 14, 2022 Elena Becatoros and Angela Charlton

(AP) French presidential candidate Valerie Pecresse stressed the need for strong European borders Friday, during a visit to Greece that will also see her visit a camp for asylum seekers on an Aegean island used by migrants to enter Europe from neighboring […]

Charlie Hebdo attack victims remembered seven years on

January 7, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Euronews) French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, and Ile-de-France Region President Valérie Pécresse attended a wreath-laying ceremony in Paris, to mark the anniversary of the terror attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Seven years ago on Thursday, a […]

To root out Islamism we must break up urban ghettos: Paris politician Pécresse

December 6, 2020 Unlisted Author

(Radio France) Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, has denounced what she called “urban separatism” and said eradicating Islamism was impossible without breaking up France’s urban ghettos. “We can’t eradicate Islamism if we do not break up […]