French PM Blasts Predecessor’s Proposal to Ban Headscarves for Most Children

French PM blasts predecessor’s proposal to ban headscarves for most children

Gabriel Attal, who now heads the French president’s centrist political party, floated banning headscarves for women younger than 15.

CHRONIC. For our columnist Fatiha Boudjahlat, Dominique de Villepin confuses laicite with complacency. It is the child's dignity that is at stake, not cultural tolerance.

The debate over headscarves is still not over.

When asked about the veiling of young girls in the public space, the former Prime Minister assured that this practice was "not necessarily the sign of radicalisation" and that it could be "a cultural choice".