The Secretary of State for Europe denounces the European Commission’s renewed support for an Islamist association which “does not correspond to our values of secularism“.
The French Secretary of State for Europe denounced on Monday August 29 the European Commission’s renewed support for an association considered to be close to the Muslim Brotherhood which “does not match“according to her to the”secular values” from France.
“There is no ambiguity. This association does not correspond to our values of secularism. It does not support our goals of inclusion and emancipation, not at all. She’s against it“said Laurence Boone on the public channel France 2.
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Last November, the Minister Delegate in charge of Citizenship at the time, Marlène Schiappa, was already surprised by the links between the European Commissioner for Equality Helena Dalli and Femyso, a European confederation of associations of young Muslims, which she called “fake nose of islamism“. In August, the case came back to the fore when Femyso was one of the associations appearing in a video published by the European Commission to celebrate the continent’s youth.
“My predecessor Clément Beaune had written with Marlène Schiappa at the European Commission. Obviously, that wasn’t enough. We rewrite with Gérald Darmanin“, Minister of the Interior, she added. “I am contacting my counterparts in all European countries to put pressure on the commission“. Asked about the fact that the presence of Femyso in this video was a “blunder“Laurence Boone replied:”it’s something that shouldn’t be there“.