Disinfo: France is banning Christmas symbols

Summary

France is banning Christmas symbols. It has announced to set up a counter-terror prosecutor’s office, but actually France is not fighting with terrorists and jihadists but with its own Christian past. No one says it out loud that all this is done to please the liberals and their “best friends” – radical islamists.

Disproof

Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation. In France religious symbols are prohibited from public institutions as an application of the principle of the separation of church and state. For background on the legislation, that also bans Muslim headscarves and Jewish skullcaps, read more here. Further debunking by the Insider.

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  • Reported in: Issue 93
  • DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20/12/2017
  • Outlet language(s) Russian
  • Countries and/or Regions discussed in the disinformation: France
  • Keywords: Jihad, Islamic extremism, Christmas, Christianity, Terrorism
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Disproof

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Disproof

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Disproof

Misleading. In fact, the Venice Commission does not mention “facts of gross discrimination” but states: "However, paragraph 4 of Article 7 provides no solution for languages which are not official languages of the EU, in particular the Russian language, as the most widely used language apart from the state language. The less favourable treatment of these languages is difficult to justify and therefore raises issues of discrimination." The Venice Commission recommends in particular:  to enter, within the framework of the implementation of the new Education Law, into a new dialogue with representatives of national minorities and all interested parties on the language of education.  to ensure that the implementation of the Law does not endanger the preservation of the minorities’ cultural heritage and the continuity of minority language education in traditional schools. www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-AD(2017)030-e, . Further debunking by Stopfake.org www.stopfake.org/manipulyatsiya-venetsianskaya-komissiya-priznala-diskriminatsiyu-russkogo-yazyka-v-ukraine/, .