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French Interior Minister Claude Gueant under fire for racism

French Interior Minister Claude Gueant (file photo)
Sat Mar 3, 2012 2:46PM GMT

French Interior Minister Claude Gueant has been accused of making racist comments after he condemned proposals by the socialist Francois Hollande to allow immigrants to vote in local elections.


On Saturday, French presidential candidate Hollande's spokesman, Manuel Valls called Gueant comments "nauseating", while centrist candidate Francois Bayrou accused Gueant of scaremongering.

Gueant, a hardliner close to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, told an audience near Nancy in eastern France on late Friday that "We don't want foreign town councilors making Halal food obligatory in canteen meals .... Or regulating mixed bathing in swimming pools."

French immigrant aid group France Terre d'Asile condemned "the pathetic quest of a minister who forgets his official duties in the hope of adding the votes of a few extremists to his side."


This the second time in a month that Gueant, who is a strong supporter of Nicolas Sarkozy’s bid for a second term, comes under fire for comments deemed racist by French liberals.

Last month, Gueant sparked outrage when he said "for us all civilizations are not of equal value," at a meeting with right-wing students.

"Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not," Gueant who is responsible for immigration in France said.

Last April, Gueant declared that an increase in the number of Muslim faithful in France posed a "problem". In January he claimed the crime rate among immigrants was "two to three times higher" than the national average.



French minister under fire for 'racist' remarks
From: AFP March 04, 2012 1:00AM

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FRENCH Interior Minister Claude Gueant, a hardliner close to President Nicolas Sarkozy, came under fire today for the second time in a month for comments deemed racist by liberals.

At a meeting late Friday in support of Sarkozy's bid for a new term as president, Gueant condemned proposals by the president's socialist opponent Francois Hollande to give the vote in local elections to immigrants.

"We don't want foreign town councillors making halal food obligatory in canteen meals .... or regulating mixed bathing in swimming pools," Gueant told an audience near Nancy in eastern France.

Hollande's spokesman Manuel Valls called the comments "nauseating", while centrist candidate Francois Bayrou accused Gueant of scaremongering.

The immigrant aid group France Terre d'Asile condemned "the pathetic quest of a minister who forgets his official duties in the hope of adding the votes of a few extremists to his side."


Gueant, who is responsible for immigration, sparked a storm a month before when he told a gathering of right-wing students that "for us all civilisations are not of equal value."

"Those which defend humanity seem to us to be more advanced than those that do not," he said, stressing the need to "protect our civilisation".

The left denounced his speech as an attempt by President Nicolas Sarkozy to woo supporters of the far-right National Front (FN) ahead of the two-round presidential election in April and May.

Gueant has repeatedly linked immigration with crime in France and in January claimed the delinquency rate among immigrants was "two to three times higher" than the national average.

Last April, he declared that an increase in the number of Muslim faithful in France posed a "problem".

He has also said that he wants to reduce the number of legal immigrants entering France, including those coming to work legally or to join their families.

His latest comments came as the FN's presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is credited with between 16 and 20 percent support in opinion polls.

An aide to Gueant said Saturday that he had said virtually the same thing in the French Senate last year in a debate on an unsuccessful socialist bill for widening the local vote to foreigners apart from EU expatriates, who already have the right.


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Audrey Pulvar says she and her partner, Socialist politician Arnaud Montebourg, were harassed by about 15 men as they left a Paris restaurant.

The men allegedly shouted "Le Pen for president", chanted "Juden" (German for "Jews") and threw glasses.

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Media coverage of tortured Afghan girl: Did journalists do more harm?
Posted by Guest Blogger
January 20th, 2012
3) Sensationalist coverage without acknowledgement of widespread rights abuses elsewhere exoticizes and “otherizes” Afghan culture.
Gul’s rights in particular, and women’s rights in Afghanistan broadly, have been abused and exploited. This is in part a product of a misogynist society. But while point two above is true—and feminists in Afghanistan and throughout the world have been organizing against the oppression of Afghan women since the late 1990s—media coverage that strings together phrases like “tortured child bride” and “mutilated Afghan girl” is link bait-y and colors the perception that this kind of thing only happens in Afghanistan, or only occasionally, when major news outlets happen to get the scoop. Removing the identifying words from this AP story statement, this could stand for most countries in the world:
“Despite much progress since [the fall of the Taliban] [10] years ago, women’s rights in [Afghanistan] remain a problem in a country with a [strict] patriarchal culture.”

It is important that Sahar Gul’s story be told, and told widely. But there are ways in which her privacy and dignity can be preserved in the process. If we expect to advance the rights and freedom of girls and women, anywhere in the world, everyone must do his or her part. This includes, especially, the journalists and bloggers who report and frame the information that ignites advocates and helps stir change. And for media outlets that believe it is not their responsibility to advocate change—they would do well to remember that it is also not their role as journalists to do harm to crime victims who are the subject of their stories


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