Jews want to leave France
After the attack in the kosher supermarket in January, when several people were killed, has led to the migration of many French jews. They feel that the anti-semitism in France is growing and their fear has forced them to move to another country, most of them going to Israel. Last year 7000 jews moved abroad, away from France, and that is double the amount from the year before. That figure shows how bad the situation for the jews was even before the attack in the kosher shop.
France remains on terror alert
Plan Vigipirate, France’s anti terror alert system will remain on “attack” for several months to come in in Ile-de-France and in the Alpes-Maritimes region around the Riviera. The rest of France will remain on “high vigilance”. Since the attack in Paris in January, France has been on edge, and spent a big amount of money to protect the country. Since the attack, France has deployed 10,500 soldiers at “sensitive” sites, for example around mosques.
Minority languages
2,2 million of the 66 million inhabitants in France speak a regional language (Melvin, 2014). The French government, however are not too concerned about protecting them. The stance “one country, one language” is just as current now as it was during the French revolution. The government does a lot to promote the French language abroad, but when it comes to protecting their national minority languages, they barely lift a finger.
President Francois Hollande promised in his 2012 campaign to support the smaller languages, but he didn’t keep his promise, and the speakers of the local languages are losing their patience
The situation for the Romas in France
The situation for the Romas, the biggest minority in Europe, has always been bad. Most of the Romas in Western Europe come from Romania and Bulgaria, and started coming in the 1990’s. There are approximately 20,000 Romas living in France, most of them in temporary camps. Their camps are systematically destroyed by the police, only to be built up again on another place by the Romas who don’t have anywhere else to go. They can’t go back to their countries of origin either, as they are treated very badly there as well. For example they are not allowed to send their children to school and they are driven out from the cities.
Banning child-smacking
Some polls suggest that over 80 percent of French parents smack their children. The council of Europe declared that France should ban smacking and corporal punishment completely, and they say that French laws on punishing children corporally is not precise and clear enough. France bans violence against children in school and disciplinary establishments, but does allow parents the "right to discipline" their children. Since the Council of Europe cannot force France to change its laws, it’s likely that France will ignore the decision. The Council of Europe's ruling follows a complaint lodged by Britain-based child protection charity Approach, which says that French law violates part of the European Social Charter.
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