Antiwhite racism is developing in sections of our cities where individuals - some of whom have French nationality - contemptuously designate French people as gaulois on the pretext they don't share the same religion, color or origins.

If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.

I invite everyone to chose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.

There are a certain number of extreme behaviours led by fundamentalists who are using their religion for political ends and use extremist techniques.

I have a thought for Nicolas Sarkozy, you know my loyalty on his account, but I profess it too for Jacques Chirac.

The ban would apply to the full-body veil known as the burqa or niqab. This is not an article of clothing — it is a mask, a mask worn at all times, making identification or participation in economic and social life virtually impossible.

People are afraid of everything.