Emmanuel Macron has demanded action to stop the growing influence of Islamist extremism in France in a tense security meeting, reports The Telegraph.
The French president ordered his government to act after a report declared the Muslim Brotherhood movement “a threat to national cohesion”, saying it aimed to destabilise the country through “re-Islamisation”.
“Given the importance of the subject and the seriousness of the facts established, he has asked the government to draw up new proposals that will be examined at a forthcoming defence council meeting in early June,” the Elysée Palace said.
In a rare move, Mr Macron said he would also make the findings of the report public by the end of the week.
Separately, Gabriel Attal, the secretary general of the president’s Renaissance party, is poised to propose banning minors under the age of 15 from wearing the Muslim headscarf in public spaces.