French Facts
French was the most popular global language for many years, but gave way to English during the early 1900s
Many African countries are former French territories and have retained French as their national language; including Cameroon, the Congo, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Madagascar and the Seychelles
The European Commission most frequently employ English and French
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Le principe de laïcité, autrement dit la séparation des pouvoirs de l’église et de l’Etat (loi de 1905), est au cœur de l’identité républicaine en France.
Au cours de ces dix dernières années, la laïcité à l’école en France a été sujet à bien des controverses et a suscité beaucoup de débats.
En 1989, la question du respect de la neutralité confessionnelle s’est posée lors de l’expulsion d’une collégienne pour port de foulard islamique en classe. Le conseil d’Etat a mis l’accent, à cette occasion, sur la nécessité d’interdire aux élèves le port de signes d’apparence religieuse « à caractère ostentatoire ».
En application du principe de laïcité, une loi a été adoptée en France le 15 mars 2004. Cette loi interdit le port de signes ou de tenues manifestant ostensiblement une apparence religieuse dans les écoles, collèges et lycées publics. Elle s’appliquera à la rentrée scolaire 2004.
Ce texte d’ouverture laisse une grande marge d’interprétation car l’application du principe de laïcité se heurte à de nombreuses difficultés, notamment concernant les frontières de la laïcité et son champ d’application.
Quels signes sont considérés comme « visibles » et quels signes sont considérés comme « ostentatoires » ?
Sont alors remises en question les limites des principes de liberté d’expression, liberté de pensée et liberté de religion, car empêcher l’expression de diverses croyances dans les espaces publics revient à contrôler la liberté d’expression sur le territoire national.
Aussi au-delà du débat sur la laïcité se pose le débat sur le statut de la femme.
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