Overview
- Veiled girls were present in the National Assembly’s public tribunes during a school visit organized by Marc Fesneau’s parliamentary team.
- A photo published by the identitarian outlet Frontières circulated on social media and was amplified by RN deputies who called the visit a provocation.
- Assembly president Yaël Braun-Pivet called the display of conspicuous religious signs by young children unacceptable and urged greater vigilance to prevent a repeat.
- Lawmakers from LFI and some Greens condemned her stance as validating an ultra‑right framing and warned it encourages islamophobia.
- Fesneau urged clearer application of Article 8 and advance briefing of visitors, as the incident revived proposals to ban the veil for minors without producing any legislative change.