Eric Besson demande que le site WikiLeaks ne soit plus hébergé en France
Le ministre de l'industrie, de l'énergie et de l'économie numérique, Eric Besson. Photo : LeMonde.fr
LE MONDE: Faire interdire la présence de WikiLeaks sur les serveurs français : tel est le souhait du ministre de l'industrie, de l'énergie et de l'économie numérique, Eric Besson, qui a demandé, vendredi 3 décembre, aux autorités compétentes "quelles actions peuvent être entreprises afin que ce site Internet ne soit plus hébergé en France". Eric Besson justifie cette décision en indiquant que le site a "violé" le secret diplomatique en publiant, depuis le 28 novembre, des centaines de documents confidentiels américains en collaboration avec Le Monde et d'autres grands titres de la presse mondiale. >>> LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | Vendredi 03 Décembre 2010

Nouvelles accusations à l'encontre de Liès Hebbadj
Lies Hebbadj, 35 ans, né à Alger et arrivé en France à l'âge de deux ans, aurait obtenu la nationalité française il y a une dizaine d'années par mariage. Photo : Le Figaro
LE FIGARO: Brice Hortefeux a indiqué que le père de la femme verbalisée pour conduite en niqab aurait contacté la gendarmerie pour des violences présumées sur sa fille.

Une affaire encore loin d'être terminée. Brice Hortefeux a assuré mardi que l'affaire Liès Hebbadj, conjoint de la femme verbalisée pour conduite en niqab, irait «jusqu'à son terme» et a fait savoir que le père de cette dernière avait contacté la gendarmerie pour des violences présumées sur sa fille. Il aurait, à cet effet, déposé lundi un «renseignement» (proche de la main courante) à la brigade de gendarmerie de Vieillevigne (Loire-Atlantique). >>> Par Flore Galaud | Mercredi 28 Avril 2010

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Mistresses Are French Way of Life Says Accused Polygamist
THE TELEGRAPH: A Muslim Frenchman accused of polygamy defended himself on Monday by saying that keeping mistresses was the French way of life.

Brice Hortefeux, the French interior minister, said the citizenship of Lies Hebbadj should be revoked if allegations that he had four wives proved to be true.

But the Algerian-born butcher hit back, saying: "If we are stripped of nationality, for having mistresses, there would be a lot of French people stripped of nationality.

"As far as I know, mistresses are not forbidden, neither in France, nor in Islam."

Mr Hebbadj did not specify whether he lives under the same roof with the various women in his life, although French media reports have quoted neighbours who claimed he moved between several houses.

Mr Hebbadj is suspected of profiting from state subsidies for single women provided to each of the wives. >>> | Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Hortefeux, l'homme (trop) pressé
leJDD.fr: Loin de s'estomper, la polémique lancée vendredi soir par Brice Hortefeux sur le cas de Liès Hebbadj pourrait se retourner contre son auteur.

Brice Hortefeux a peut-être accéléré le calendrier du gouvernement. Photo : leJDD.fr
Brice Hortefeux est-il allé trop vite? En annonçant dès vendredi soir vouloir déchoir de sa nationalité française le sulfureux Liès Hebbadj, le ministre de l'Intérieur a provoqué une agitation certaine dans les rangs politiques. A gauche, bien sûr, où il est attaqué sur le fond de son initiative, mais également à droite. Dimanche soir, puis lundi matin, Eric Besson a tenté de ne pas se brûler les doigts en réceptionnant la patate chaude. Admettant qu'il était délicat, en l'espèce, de prouver que le jeune Nantais est effectivement polygame - et renvoyant ce dossier à la justice - le ministre de l'Immigration et de l'Identité nationale a trouvé comme seule porte de sortie l'idée d'une "adaptation législative" sur les critères permettant d'aboutir à une déchéance de nationalité. Au risque de rajouter de la confusion à la confusion, dans un contexte politique, voire social, déjà très tendu sur la question du voile intégral. C'est d'ailleurs dans une ambiance alourdie - au moins trois attaques contre la communauté musulmane ont été recensés ce lundi à Istres et Marseille- que François Fillon a insisté "sur la nécessité d'éviter les amalgames et les préjugés qui donnent une image déformée de l'islam de France". Le projet de loi en conseil des ministres le 19 mai >>> Nicolas Moscovici - leJDD.fr | Lundi 26 Avril 2010

LE FIGARO: Face à la polygamie, Besson prêt à faire évoluer la loi : Pour le ministre de l'Immigration, les personnes qui «ne respectent pas les valeurs de la République» ne méritent pas de conserver la nationalité française. >>> Par Cécilia Gabizon | Mardi 27 Avril 2010

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TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: Affaire du niqab: "Avoir des maîtresses n'est pas interdit!" >>> AFP | Lundi 26 Avril 2010

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TIMES ONLINE: Muslim butcher's many wives 'no worse than French mistresses' >>> Charles Bremner, Paris | Tuesday, April 27, 2010

France's Hardline Immigration Minister Accused of Planning to Convert to Islam to Marry His Young Muslim Girlfriend
MAIL ONLINE: France's hardline immigration minister Eric Besson is threatening to sue over hotly denied claims he is about to convert to Islam to marry his young Muslim girlfriend.

The rumours, reported on French news website Bakchich Info, come as the 51-year-old spearheads a campaign against alien religions and cultures swamping his country.

He has already called for the Muslim burkha to be banned, and wants potential immigrants to take French tests and swear allegiance to the Republic.

This particularly applies to those arriving from Muslim countries who do not share the same values as France’s predominantly Roman Catholic population.

Divorced Mr Besson has admitted that he currently lives with a Paris art school student who is the great-granddaughter of Wassila Bourguiba, the wife of the former Tunisian president, Habib Bourguiba.

The father-of-three's younger lover was named as Yasmine Tordjman, who is in her 20s.

Before Christmas he travelled to the north African country to meet Ms Tordjman's mother, prompting speculation that he would re-marry in June.

Islam does not allow mixed marriages, meaning the minister would have to convert from Catholicism to Islam.

But Besson has now released an official statement stating that he ‘deplores having to deny a conversion to a religion which I otherwise respect, I am very attached to the secular character of our Republic.’ >>> Peter Allen | Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Imposer la burqa à sa femme le prive de naturalisation
LE FIGARO: Le ministre de l'Immigration a transmis mardi un projet de décret à François Fillon pour rejeter la demande de naturalisation d'un homme qui oblige sa femme à se couvrir d'un voile intégral. Il confirme ainsi les motifs du décret validé par le Conseil d'État en janvier et que Le Figaro a pu se procurer.

Le ministre Éric Besson a fait savoir hier qu'il avait refusé par décret « la naturalisation d'un homme qui obligeait sa femme à porter la burqa ». Le Figaro a pu se procurer les motifs de cette décision, validés en janvier dernier par le Conseil d'État qui avait été saisi de cette affaire. Le document précise que l'homme « adopte au quotidien une attitude discriminatoire vis-à-vis des femmes, allant jusqu'à refuser de leur serrer la main et à préconiser une séparation des garçons et des filles, y compris, au foyer, des frères et des sœurs, dès leur plus jeune âge ». Les magistrats considèrent donc que : « Le mode de vie qu'il a choisi, fût-il justifié par des préceptes religieux, est incompatible avec les valeurs de la République, et notamment le principe de l'égalité des sexes. » Et concluent qu'« il ne remplit pas la condition d'assimilation prévue par l'article 21-4 du Code civil ».
Le Conseil d'État propose donc de refuser la nationalité française à ce Marocain marié à une Française, qui appartient comme lui au mouvement Tabligh. Ce courant prône un islam fondamentaliste et piétiste, calqué sur la vie du prophète et pratique largement la conversion. Au cours de l'enquête, le mari avait affirmé que sa femme devait rester recluse ou sortir entièrement voilée. Des règles que l'épouse approuvait. >>> Cécilia Gabizon | Mardi 02 Février 2010

Éclairage : Débat sur le voile intégral : les yeux des pays musulmans rivés sur la France
LE POINT: Fin janvier, à l'Assemblée nationale, les médias étrangers se pressent. Parmi eux, de nombreux journalistes issus du Moyen-Orient et des pays du Golfe sont venus assister à la remise du rapport Gerin sur le voile intégral . Ils attendent avec impatience les contours de la future loi qui doit limiter le port du voile intégral dans l'Hexagone. "Que cela soit au Proche-Orient ou dans les pays du Golfe, les médias - et surtout Al-Jazira - suivent avec attention le débat et sont assez critiques à l'égard de la France", souligne Barah Mikhaï, spécialiste du Moyen-Orient et du Maghreb à l'Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (IRIS). 



Denis Bauchard, spécialiste du Moyen-Orient à l'Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), renchérit : "Dans ces pays à majorité musulmane, viser le voile revient à attaquer l'islam." Le débat sur le voile intégral rencontre aussi un fort écho en Inde, où près de 12 % de la population est de confession musulmane. "Les Indiens sont très choqués que l'on puisse imposer aux musulmans la façon dont ils doivent s'habiller ou pas", explique Denis Bauchard. >>> Par Ségolène Gros de Larquier | Mardi 02 Février 2010

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France's Controversial Immigration Minister: The Man Who Launched the Burqa Debate
SPIEGEL ONLINE INTERNATIONAL: For months the French have been embroiled in a public debate centered on their national identity and a possible ban on the burqa. Immigration Minister Éric Besson, a former Socialist, is the man behind the aggressive debate, making him one of France's most controversial politicians.

Temperatures were below freezing and the winter sky was a frosty gray when French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette military cemetery in northern France last Tuesday. He had come to pay his last respects to another Frenchman, a man named Harouna Diop, a soldier and father of six children. Born in Senegal, Diop was only 40 years old when he died in Afghanistan on Jan. 13, when insurgents blew up his armored military vehicle.

"Harouna Diop was a Frenchman. Harouna Diop was a Muslim," Sarkozy said, facing a field of white crosses. "He died for France."

Sarkozy's eulogy was a rescue attempt, a rhetorical maneuver at the height of a heated debate being conducted in France over national identity. It has divided the country for months, has led to racist gaffes and has contributed to an atmosphere of heightened suspicion against French Muslims.

The debate revolves around the values of the republic, the French nation, the burqa and the question of what this country is proud of and what is important to it -- in short, many of the things that unite, or once united, the French.

The man who triggered this debate is standing next to Sarkozy at the military cemetery: Éric Besson, 51, minister for immigration, integration and national identity. The Nouvel Observateur calls him a "shameless servant of his master," while the weekly magazine Marianne concludes that he is "the most hated man in France." As for the president, he calls Besson "my blade."

Besson is a suave politician. He wears lilac-colored shirts with purple ties, has a habit of pressing the fingertips of both of his hands together while speaking and likes to pose for photographs in his office, between gilded stucco and an antique globe. Besson, who calls himself a patriot, has just written a book, "For the Nation," a literary hymn to his native France, which he says he has "loved and idolized" since his adolescent days. The immigration minister was born in Marrakech, Morocco and only came to France he was 17.

Three months ago, the minister announced the beginning of a constructive debate in the "motherland of human rights." He was convinced that ownership of the concept of the nation had been left to right-wing extremist Jean-Marie Le Pen and his Front National (FN) for far too long. There was nothing wrong with launching into this debate, which is currently raging in many European countries, partly as a reaction to the growing number of Muslims living in Europe.

The discussion centers on their rights and obligations, and on their acceptance of Western values. A burqa ban is not just being debated in France, but also in Denmark and Italy, and in December the Swiss voted in a referendum against the construction of minarets. 'Fear of Arab Domination' >>> Stefan Simons | Monday, February 01, 2010

La burqa fait gonfler les voiles du Front national
TRIBUNE DE GENÈVE: FRANCE | Débat à grand spectacle, hier soir, entre Marine Le Pen et le ministre Eric Besson.

La Suisse a ses minarets devenus les «marronniers» de son identité nationale. La France, elle, a sa burqa pour agiter le débat sur cette question. Pour l’instant, la polémique sur le port du voile intégral dans la République voisine fait gonfler les voiles du Front national.

En effet, hier soir, Marine Le Pen – qui s’impose pour remplacer son père à la tête de la formation d’extrême droite – s’est mesurée au ministre de l’Immigration, Eric Besson, invité principal de l’émission A vous de juger sur France 2, avec l’eurodéputé socialiste Vincent Peillon comme troisième personnage. Mais au dernier moment le socialiste a renoncé à participer à ce qu’il appelle un «piège» qui ferait le lit du Front national.

Quant aux dérapages de son grand débat sur l’identité nationale, le ministre Besson s’est caché derrière… notre pays: «Je ne pouvais pas prévoir le vote suisse sur les minarets qui a provoqué une onde de choc dans toute l’Europe et pas seulement en France.»

Marine Le Pen reprend la balle au bond: «Même si ce n’était pas votre but, les Français se sont saisis de ce débat. Ils ont exprimé un véritable appel au secours en vous disant, nous sommes bousculés dans nos habitudes par une immigration massive. L’intégration est un échec total. Nous souffrons. Et vous n’entendez pas cette souffrance.» Zizanies >>> Jean-Noël Cuénod | Vendredi 15 Janvier 2010

French Minister Defends National Identity Debate
THE TELEGRAPH: The French government has claimed its attempts to define "national identity" have overwhelming public support despite accusations it has exploited xenophobic fears.

President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a "great debate" in November, calling it a "noble" meditation on what it means to be French.

But now he is facing increasingly vocal calls – including from within his own camp – to scrap what critics say has become a dangerous slanging match over immigration and a perilous attempt to woo back the hard Right vote three months ahead of regional elections.

on [sic] Monday, the man Mr Sarkozy tasked with leading the debate trumpeted it as an "immense popular success".

Eric Besson, the minister of immigration and national identity insisted that the debate had not "veered off course" into caricature nor was it solely "focused on immigration and Islam".

He announced the results of a TNS Sofres poll he ordered suggesting that 80 per cent of French felt national identity was "weakening".

"The vast majority of contributions are perfectly respectful of our republican values," he said in a press conference.

Mr Besson was responding to claims that a website set up to encourage discussion has turned into an immigrant-bashing forum. About a fifth of the 50,000 entries had to be erased. "They're not publishable," Mr Sarkozy was reported to have complained.

The president called for calm in a televised New Year's address. He said: "Let us be able to debate without tearing ourselves apart, with insulting each other, without losing unity."

Disquiet has grown at what many regard as a threatening presence of Islam in France – home to around six million Muslims. This was compounded by Switzerland's recent vote to ban the building of minarets on mosques.

Right-wing MPs are now promoting a ban on the burka, while another law put before parliament last month would outlaw the waving of foreign flags at weddings in town halls. >>> Henry Samuel in Paris | Monday, January 04, 2010

French Police Raze Migrant Camp
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: CALAIS, France -- French police bulldozed a squalid, sprawling forest camp known as the "jungle" near the northern city of Calais on Tuesday, detaining hundreds of illegal migrants who had hoped to slip across the English Channel into Britain.

French Immigration Minister Eric Besson, who visited the site Tuesday, called it a "base camp for human traffickers" and said he would return the rule of law to the northern French coast.

The people camped there -- mainly migrants from Afghanistan -- have strained relations between Britain and France and become a symbol of Europe's struggle with illegal migration.

A total of 278 people -- nearly half of them minors – were detained in the first part of the operation, said Pierre deBousquet de Florian, the top official for the Pas-de-Calais region.

"This operation is not targeting the migrants themselves, it is targeting the logistics of the human traffickers ... who exploit them," he said.

Refugees in jeans and sweatshirts, many appearing to be in their teens, carried knapsacks and blankets as they were led away in single lines by police. Activists yelled at the police with bullhorns, forming a human chain around some refugees, and briefly scuffled with police as they took the men and boys one by one.

Several refugees appeared despondent about their fate, sobbing quietly as they squatted in the sand or stood in police lines.

Mr. Besson said there was no violence in the operation and all personal belongings were collected and were being sorted out in the Calais mosque. Thirty interpreters and a medical team were helping authorities with the operation and 200 temporary beds were arranged for the migrants, the regional administration said.

After the people were cleared out, authorities brought in bulldozers to raze the maze of makeshift tents built from sticks and sheets of plastic amid the sand and brush. Workers with chain saws cut down the trees and scrub brush that had supported the tents. >>> Associated Press | Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Anti-dhimmitude! France’s Hardline Immigration Minister Eric Besson Calls for ‘Debased’ Burkha to Be Banned
MAIL ONLINE: France's hardline immigration minister has launched a fresh demand to ban the burkha - decribed by president Nicolas Sarkozy a sign of 'subservience and debasement'.

Eric Besson said the Islamic full head and body covers were 'unacceptable' and not welcome in France.

His demand for a total ban comes after 58 French MPs called last June for a public inquiry on whether it should be illegal for women to hide their faces in public.

Mr Sazkozy backed the move, saying at the time: 'This garment makes women prisoners and deprives them of their identity.

'I say solemnly that they are not welcome on the territory of the French Republic.'

Women's rights groups and Left-wing MPs went even further, descibing the item as a 'walking coffin' and and a 'mobile prison'.

A burkha refers to a full-body covering worn largely in Afghanistan with only a mesh screen over the eyes, while a niqab is a full-body veil, often in black, with slits for the eyes.

France - home to Europe's largest five million Muslim population - already passed a law in 2004 forbidding students and staff from wearing veils and other religious symbols in schools as part of a drive to defend secularism.

Earlier this year Mr Besson said he though [sic] a law banning burkhas and niqabs would only 'create tensions'.

But he has now said he wants Islamic garments which cover the face - worn by an estimated 2,000 women in France - outlawed everywhere.

He said yesterday: 'I recognise that my views have now evolved.

'The burkha is unacceptable and contrary to the principles of national identity, of sexual equality and of the French Republic.' >>> Ian Sparks | Monday, September 14, 2009