Overview
- Marine Tondelier testified on 2 December before the National Assembly’s commission examining links between political parties and Islamism, which is chaired by LR deputy Xavier Breton.
- She said she is not concerned about potential Islamist or terrorist infiltration within the party she has led since 2022.
- Tondelier accused the inquiry of fostering a climate of constant suspicion toward people because of real or supposed religious affiliation, specifically Islam.
- She warned that the notion of Islamist entryism remains vague while proposed countermeasures are very concrete, risking the disqualification of Muslim citizens active in democratic life.
- While affirming that terrorism and the spread of Islamist ideology pose genuine security issues for France, she also cited the far‑right group Civitas, dissolved in October 2023, as an example of other religiously framed extremism.