Eric Besson has minimized verbal skids of certain political figures

Do more teaching. This is what the President of the Republic had asked on the eve of Christmas. Eric Besson is worked yesterday at a press conference during which he presented the summary of the contributions made via the Internet on French identity. With nothing to unleash on the need for such a debate today, despite increasing criticism from the opposition and a part of the majority on its opportunity and its contents.

The Minister of Immigration to is above all forbidden to play into the hands of the extreme: "discuss what brings, is not divided ...". "What makes the game of nationalists, is not that we are too numerous to mention nation, is that they only talk about". Eric Besson has welcomed the success of the meetings organized locally by the prefects, speaking of "constructive discussions" and smooth. According to figures from the Ministry, 227 local debates took place on the date of December 31, 2009, with an average number of participants approaching 100 people.

Verbal blunders minimized

The Minister of Immigration is also used to silence critics of right and left, which dotted the debate in recent days, including focusing on Islam and immigration: "the share of contributions on the Internet addressing this topic remains below 25 ....". "The caricature of the"racist humiliation"didn't work", he stressed, however minimizing the fact that racist or off-topic statements were excluded in the analysis of the 50,000 contributions.

Eric Besson has minimized verbal skids of certain political figures. Mayor UMP Gussainville in, André Valentin, Secretary of State for the family, Nadine Morano, and former keeper of the seals Pascal Clément, held particularly controversial statements. Of inevitable mistakes, according to Pierre Henry, General Manager of France land of asylum, signatory of the appeal to the President of the Republic to stop the debate: "saw the current context and chronology of recent events, I think in the evacuation of the jungle in Calais in September, in the controversy over"grey marriages"and the question of the wearing of the burqa."the debate could not only slip.

The head of State, in its wishes television Thursday night, had invited the majority and the opposition to a constructive dialogue, in an allusion to the debate on national identity. "We respect one another and others, make the effort to understand, let the words and attitudes that hurt," he said.

Citizen oath

On the role of the State in the Organization of the debate, here again, the Minister of Immigration to is intended offensive: "Yes, the State has a central role to play in this debate ...." France ... could not become nation by action continually renewed State imposed powerful integration and construction of a national identity efforts.

On the merits, some of the proposals from users attracted the attention of the Minister, including the fact to make solemn the assumption of citizenship by a citizen oath or the one to sing "La Marseillaise" in the first division of the France of the major sports championships meetings. It is from this panel of proposals that should rule the President of the Republic in the first fortnight of February. A legislative proposal is not in the order of the day, according to Eric Besson, but "some decisions will have a legislative translation."