BBC: A top German Euro MP has called for a Europe-wide ban on wearing the Islamic full-body veil, or burka, in public.
Silvana Koch-Mehrin, a member of the liberal Free Democrats (FDP), said the burka was "a massive attack on women's rights - it is a mobile prison".
Her party is in the German government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU).
Belgian MPs have voted to ban garments covering the face in public, including the burka and the Islamic niqab.
The ban would be the first such restriction in Europe if backed by Belgium's upper house.
In an article in the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, Ms Koch-Mehrin said wearing the burka "openly supports values that we do not share in Europe".
"I want the wearing of all forms of the burka to be banned in Germany too - and throughout Europe." Opposition to ban >>> | Monday, May 03, 2010
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