Tag: Bernard Accoyer
French Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to Ban Face Veils in Public Spaces
News Agencies – September 14, 2010
The French Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill banning full-facial coverings in public. Leaders of both parliamentary houses said...
Jean-François Cope suggests burqa ban in France
Lawmaker Jean-Francois Cope, head of President Sarkozy's UMP party suggested he would submit a bill to have the veil banned not just from public...
French UMP Minister pushes for headscarf ban in National Assembly
Northern UMP deputy member Françoise Hostalier has proposed a similar legislation against headscarves in the National Assembly to the 2004 prohibition of conspicuous religious...
