French Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, now supports the ban on marriages between French and "irregular foreigners" and supports a bill that will be examined on February 20 in the Senate.
The Paris Criminal Court has convicted commentator Jean-Claude Dassier, former president of the Olympique de Marseille (OM) football club, for anti-Muslim remarks made on air in December 2022.
The invitation extended by Emmanuel Macron to Mohammed VI to the International Agricultural Show in Paris, from February 22 to March 2, resembles an attempt to defuse a slippery terrain. If the King of Morocco accepts, it will be his first official visit to France since 2018. The gesture, far from being fortuitous, comes at a time when tensions between French farmers and Moroccan producers are reaching their peak.
The house arrest of Karim Mohamed-Aggad, a "S" listed person, brother of Foued, the third suicide bomber of the terrorist attack that had hit the Bataclan concert hall on November 13, 2015, has created a psychosis among the inhabitants of Lure. He should soon be expelled to Morocco.
French historian Benjamin Stora, a specialist in Algerian history, has mentioned the role of Moroccan lobbies in France in the deterioration of bilateral relations between France and Algeria.
Mohamed Hicham Joudat, president of the association of the Grand Mosque of Metz (GMM), provides clarifications on the funding of the future place of worship, amounting to one million euros from King Mohammed VI .
During the show hosted by David Pujadas on TF1 and LCI, Lilia Bouziane, a veiled student, had an intense exchange with French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, who is considering banning the Islamic veil at universities.
On appeal, the seven far-right activists - including their probable ringleader, Marc de Cacqueray-Valménier - suspected of planning racist violence after the France-Morocco match in the 2022 World Cup semi-finals got off the hook. On Friday, the public prosecutor’s office withdrew its appeal, thus terminating the public action.
The French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, considers the debate on the right of soil, suggested by his Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, to be too "too narrow". He wants a "broader" debate on "what it means to be French". If the reform goes through, it will probably be harder for Moroccans to obtain French nationality.
Accused of Islamism after his first appearance on the "C à Vous" program on France 5 on January 31, the comedian Merwane Benlazar "will no longer be on screen," said Rachida Dati, the Minister of Culture, at the Senate on Wednesday.
As in 2023, Moroccans are at the top of the countries that benefited from residence permits in France last year.
Three Moroccan workers working on wine estates in the Libournais region of Gironde have just filed a complaint against their employer, whom they accuse of fraud and human trafficking.