The party could be however more complicated with the senators

The debate on the desirability of a ban by the law of the full veil rebounded yesterday. Nicolas Sarkozy expected that parliamentary mission chaired by André Gerin Communist made its conclusions late January to speak publicly. But pressure is increasing on the Executive, confronted with a real puzzle.

PS en route to the opposition

"Not of Act now": that is, summarized in substance, the position on which a good part of the PS national Office has converged Tuesday evening. In addition to the leadership of the PS fears "a stigma" of the Muslim religion as a whole and highlights the difficulty of enforcing a ban of the full veil in the street, the Socialists have no desire to give credit, within three months of regional elections, an initiative driven by the leader of the UMP deputiesJean-François Copé. Except that the spokesman of the PS, Benoît Hamon, went a little fast yesterday morning seem to condemn on principle any act on the issue: "it is not the State to assess what is the correct interpretation of the Scriptures", it said on RTL, evoking a lift of shields of MP for Moselle Aurélie Filippetti, still "favourable to a law" general prohibition. This forced Jean Glavany, Member of the parliamentary mission on the full veil, to clarify the position of his party in a more convoluted manner: "The PS is not the slightest indulgence for the burqa, but refuses a stigma Act"; He therefore wished to "exhaust all means of the law before eventually resort to the law". A similar debate through the FCP: National Secretary Marie-George Buffet is opposed to a legislative Member André Gerin, Chairman of the parliamentary mission.

The Pen to defreeze

The surprise, the President of the national Front, Jean-Marie Le Pen, said yesterday that it "is not necessary to do an act", concluding that "the police regulations enough" to prohibit "walk hidden in the streets." In addition to this position may be controversial within the Party of the extreme right, the Minister of the Interior, Brice Hortefeux, was assured in December: "our law does no require citizens to be recognizable in all place and permanently".

UMP deputies are pressing for a general prohibition

The leader of Deputies UMP, Jean-François Copé, claiming a legislative text since July, increased pressure in deciding to file a proposal for a law this month before the parliamentary mission makes its findings. In fact, his proposal is double: to vote in the Parliament resolution - a non-binding - text condemning the full veil on behalf of "the dignity of women". Then invoke public order to prohibit the full veil act in any public space, including the street, under penalty of a contravention of 750 euros. Jean-François Copé seems able to rally a large majority of UMP deputies, even if the President of the Assembly, Bernard Accoyer, is reserved to the method. The party could be however more complicated with the senators. "Cannot not be opportunity texts that could turn against the principle of freedom", had warned in December President Senate UMP, Gérard Larcher. Exception of Eric Besson, the Government to previously hampered the four horseshoes, the Minister of the Interior, Brice Hortefeux, highlighting the risks of unconstitutionality, the difficulty to define sanctions and even enforce such a law.

The Executive at the foot of the wall

To send a symbolic signal without embarking on a legal adventure, Ministers have advanced intermediate solutions. Brice Hortefeux suggested a law applying to the only public services and Xavier Darcos marked preference for the vote of a parliamentary resolution that can be used to support any orders or circular for public services. At its meeting in camera with the leadership of the UMP Monday, Nicolas Sarkozy was for this last position without however totally exclude the use of a law. The head of State had apparently not want to continue pointing the Muslim community already proven by the debate on the "national identity". But the position taken yesterday by the PS will not encourage the President to radicalize their own This is in any case believe a leader of the majority party, which says: "our electorate does not understand that we saw a cowardly and that the Government was found on a close position of the PS."