Far left Minister admits a civil war could be near in France as he fears the future
“I went to all difficult suburbs, the situation there is very degraded (…) today, we live next to each other, and I’ve always said it, I fear that tomorrow we’ll have to live face to face,” the leaving minister said.
Collomb is a member of the Socialist Party and very “minorities friendly”. For him to basically announce the possibility of a civil war means that something terrible must be going on.
The Minister of the Interior served under Emmanuel Macron’s rule since May 2017. Collomb leaving the government after such a short time is another blow for Macron, who is far from popular in France.
Opposition leader Marine Le Pen was surprised with Collomb’s words:
“Gérard Collomb reveals that out of control suburbs are like an explosive ready to be lit overnight and issued a solemn warning to the Prime Minister. We would have liked such language of truth for 17 months!”
The leaving French Minister certainly isn’t the first who says the country could face a civil war.
Eric Zemmour, one of France’s most popular authors said “France is a country where civil wars have occurred in the past and the possibility of a future one is to be taken seriously”.
Zemmour was even charged over his comments as he spoke about an ‘Islamic invasion’ in France that could result in a religious civil war.
French professor Christian de Moliner even claimed France should split in two states: One with a French law and one with Sharia law for the increasing number of Muslims in the country.
“We will never be able to eradicate radical Islamism… While we are not yet at open war, the faithful of the Prophet are already regrouping in areas sometimes governed by special rules,” the professor said.[/i]
By Abdelhamid Kaddour 6 October 2018
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